Q1 key words

Question 1

advantages

Answer 1

• low costs
• highly available and easily portable
• easy to use and can be easily explained to patients through pt education
• may provide early warning signs of compromised airways
• pt can be taught to use these tools independently at different times and in different environments to provide variability of their resp function

Question 2

disadvantages

Answer 2

• only offers partial info about status of someones resp capacity
• results may be non-specific

Question 3

barriers

Answer 3

• pefr results are usually considered too variable to be routinely used for quantification in clinical practice
• concerns about effectiveness and accuracy and safety of peak flow meters
• 2/9 pfm available in europe passed the accuracy test

Question 4

guidelines

Answer 4

• nurses should use evidence based best practice approaches for meeting needs for respiratory care and support accurately assessing their patients capacity for independence and self care and initiating appropriate interventions
• one intervention is to take and interpret peak flow and oximetry measurements