Management Flashcards
1
Q
Prevention
A
-Promote smoking cessation
-Reducing risk factors
-Providing supplemental oxygen therapy
-Pneumococcal vaccine
-Influenza vaccine
-Pulmonary rehabilitation
-Managing exacerbations
2
Q
Pulmonary rehabilitation
A
Reduce symptoms and improve quality of life
3
Q
Patient Education
A
Recognizing exacerbations, compliance, proper medication administration
4
Q
Nutritional Counseling
A
To improve intake
5
Q
Anxiety
A
It increases breathing and can make condition worse
6
Q
Palliative Care for Symptom Management
A
A patient may need assistive care to maintain comfort
7
Q
Chest physiotherapy (CPT)
A
Different positions to use gravity to drain mucus (postural drainage) from the five lobes of the lungs
8
Q
Postural drainage
A
To help move sputum
