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identifies safety hazards and infections control issues for a COPD patient. How the nursing can decrease these risks to patients?

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Answer 1

Identify safety hazards and infections control issues for a COPD patient. How the nursing can decrease these risks to patients?

COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

One of the most important areas of concern is managing the disease. Though there are a lot of pharmacological treatments that are effective for treating COPD, patient adherence forms an area of concern. There are problems with the side effects that occur to the patients. These side effects contribute to patient adherence. One of the important roles is of the nurses, who help in managing the patient. Nurses, while administering the patients, can carry out effective observation of the symptoms and can carry out management. Nurses can help the patients understand and inform them about the springs as well as benefits that might come from the treatment, such that adherence could be improved and resulting in better goals of treatment. Managing COPD does not only involve pharmacological interventions but also non pharmacological interventions. This happens by a collaborative approach focusing on tolerability and safety.

• It is important to keep the oatjenr away from the risk factors that increase the condition of the disease. Smoking is one of the major causes of COPD and smoking cessation can help in being an effective intervention for reducing the progression of the disease.
• Also, patient education forms an important part, since, patients are not aware of how to manage the disease at many times, and end up in making their condition worse.
• Also, short acting bronchodilators are required to manage the disease,
• Long acting anticholinergic along with tiotropium help in exacerbation reduction in patients.
• For administering ipratomium bromide, the main side effect is dry mouth, which has to be taken care by the nurse, which could be managed by regular fluid administration.