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  1. Need to Understand COAD/COPD and the issue with Oxygen

    It is actually the amount of O2 being delivered to the tissue that stimulates COPD patients to breath, not the FiO2. For this reason, it is imperative to monitor SpO2/SaO2 levels and titrate O2 as levels increase. If sats are less than 88%, give what...
  2. Question about COPD and Oxygen

    Patients, no matter who they are, need to have adequate O2 to their tissue. What should be emphasized is that it is not the FiO2 that compromises the drive to breath, but the SpO2/SaO2. If sats are less than 88ish, the patient should receive increase...
  3. Music with the dying patient?

    As a critical care nurse, I always look for a way to ease the stress of the patients & families. When patients are unconscious, I suggest that family members bring CD players with headphones and favorite music. I have found that it has a soothing...