RESPIRATORY NURSING

Contribution, Role and Emerging Issues of Respiratory Nurses in Irish Hospitals

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Introduction3

Discussion4

Role of Accident and Emergency Department in COPD Care5

COPD Guidelines for Accident and Plus Outreach or Early Discharge7

Nursing Contributions and the Role of the Nurse8

Nursing Contribution In Terms Of Holistic Assessment9

Specialization10

Expertise In COPD Assessment, Management And Monitoring11

Knowledge Of Equipment Including Any That The Patient May Be Using At Home12

Provision of Education, Knowledge and Information13

Contiueued Provision of Care13

Emerging Issues14

Incraesed Morbidity14

Realizing the Time to Release the Patients17

Increased Acute Exacerbation18

Ability to Understand Patients' Life Using NIV and Home Oxygen19

Conclusion19

Future Implications20

Respiratory Nursing

Introduction

Life is beautiful! But it is also a fact that life is not a bed of roses. There are a number of evils, incidents, events, disorders and illnesses that can snatch all the beauty and pleasure of life. Whenever an individual suffers from any sort of illness he or she relies on the healthcare professionals. Nurses are important and the most significant part of the healthcare. No matter what the illness is the role of nurses can be regarded as indispensible in treating the patient. When it comes to the serious, crippling and chronic diseases then the role of nurses becomes much more important. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one of the chronic diseases. The role that the nursing staff plays in order to provide treatment to the patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is significant. The aim and objective of this paper is to talk about the same topic. This paper aims to discuss the contribution and role of nursing in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The discussion about the issues for nursing practices that are emerging in the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is also undertaken. All these issues of nursing field are discussed in the paper in the context of Irish hospital in an emergency department.

According to Brennan et al (2008), it can easily be said that in Ireland, it is the general physician (GP) who provide care to the people who suffer from COPD. It is important to note that these GPs do not possess the resources and they do not have the access through which they can refer their patients to the main multidisciplinary services. These multidisciplinary services may include spirometry, pulmonary rehabilitation and specialist nursing services (Brennan et al, 2008, 83). This is the area of concern for this paper. As this first statement from the INHALE report suggests that there is a serious crisis occurs with respect to the availability of specialist nursing. The paper would take an in depth discussion about the importance of respiratory nurses in the field of COPD. In Ireland, within the settings of the hospital based multi disciplinary avenues there are very few respiratory nurses who are working. There are few respiratory teams that are available and that can visit the patients in the community (Brennan et al, 2008, 83). The availability of specialist nurses is very limited in nursing and those nurses who have some extra qualifications in the field of respiratory care only ...