Essay On COPD Patient
The Latin word for doctor is docere, which means to teach. (MacLean, 2010) All tho we are not physicians, the importance of educating our patients as an RT is critical to the quality, self management and independence of our patients.
A patient who has COPD is often using home care services and my role is to prepare them by educating what they can do for themselves, to ensure they are receiving the most out of their treatment plan. Moreover, this means understanding their disease, what to expect, and how to assist the medication to get the best results. An example of this is to educate the patient on when to cough after a nebulizer treatment, so that the sputum is coughed up, clearing the air space in the lungs. Another form of teaching a COPD patient is the importance of a incentive spirometer, and why we want them to use it, as well as how it’s beneficial to them. Furthermore, explaining the procedure to the patient before, administering medication or preforming treatments, gives the patient the opportunity to ask questions, and for us to clarify any misunderstanding or misconceptions about what we are doing, as well as, the over all …show more content…
reviewing the patients chart before administering care allows us to see doctors orders, objective, and subjective data, as well as diagnosis and treatment plan. The chart gives us insight on your patient and creates an over all picture of the patients condition, not just from a respiratory stand point. Knowing about other conditions allows us to modify our plan to better suit out patients. Reviewing the patients chart also gives us an opportunity to receive clarification on what we need to do for that patient at that given moment. Doctors orders do change, the status of the patient may be different than what viewed previously, and we need to know what is current to prevent errors and provide the best
A patient who has COPD is often using home care services and my role is to prepare them by educating what they can do for themselves, to ensure they are receiving the most out of their treatment plan. Moreover, this means understanding their disease, what to expect, and how to assist the medication to get the best results. An example of this is to educate the patient on when to cough after a nebulizer treatment, so that the sputum is coughed up, clearing the air space in the lungs. Another form of teaching a COPD patient is the importance of a incentive spirometer, and why we want them to use it, as well as how it’s beneficial to them. Furthermore, explaining the procedure to the patient before, administering medication or preforming treatments, gives the patient the opportunity to ask questions, and for us to clarify any misunderstanding or misconceptions about what we are doing, as well as, the over all …show more content…
reviewing the patients chart before administering care allows us to see doctors orders, objective, and subjective data, as well as diagnosis and treatment plan. The chart gives us insight on your patient and creates an over all picture of the patients condition, not just from a respiratory stand point. Knowing about other conditions allows us to modify our plan to better suit out patients. Reviewing the patients chart also gives us an opportunity to receive clarification on what we need to do for that patient at that given moment. Doctors orders do change, the status of the patient may be different than what viewed previously, and we need to know what is current to prevent errors and provide the best