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¶ … respiratory assessment is usually carried out if a patient experiences abnormal breath sound, shortness of breath, cyanosis, nasal flaring, rapid or slow breathing, and restlessness and anxiety among other symptoms. This type of assessment comprises different steps inspection, palpation, auscultation, and percussion. Once these assessment techniques for examining respiratory problems have been carried out, comparison of all findings to baseline is carried out and any changes recorded. The next step in the process is to record the rate and character of the pulse and respirations, evaluation of the patient's mental status, and assessment of other objective changes (Ciocco & Ciocco, 2014, p.74). These evaluations are carried out in consideration of the patient's past respiratory health history. Some of the abnormal findings in a focused respiratory assessment include dyspnea, adventitious breath sounds, and sputum.
Using Incentive Spirometer
An incentive spirometer is a device used for maintaining the health of a patient's lungs in the aftermath of a surgery or in case of a lung disease like pneumonia. The purpose of this device is to teach the patient how to take deep breaths after surgery in order to enhance the health of lungs. The steps to using an incentive spirometer include placing the device's mouthpiece in the mouth in a way that ensures good seal using your lips, inhaling slowly and deeply via the mouthpiece,...
Nurses determine that a patient requires nebulizer treatment when the patient has asthma and is having difficulties using an asthma inhaler. Therefore, the difficulty in using asthma inhaler is the most commonly used method by nurses to determine a patient's need for nebulizer treatment. During this period, the patient has difficulty getting medications to the lungs and need the nebulizer to get the medications to the lings through changing it from liquid to mist. The assessment data used by nurses to determine the effectiveness of nebulizer treatment include the patient's respiratory rate, respiratory effort or initiative, and airway resistance.
Oxygen Delivery Systems
The proper use of nasal cannula involves positioning it appropriately in nares and looping its tubing up and over the patient's ear until it fits comfortably (Perry, Porter & Ostendorf, 2014). The implication of using this system is that provides required oxygen rate and lessens pressure on the nares' tip. Simple mask is properly used through plugging it into outlet after turning off flow meter, which is followed by turning oxygen on to the desired…
References
Ciocco, M.C. & Ciocco, M. (2015). Fast facts for the medical-surgical nurse: clinical orientation in a nutshell. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Perry, A.G., Potter, P.A. & Ostendorf, W. (2014). Nursing interventions & clinical skills (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Health Sciences.
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