Pulmonary Nursing

Discuss Pulmonary nursing care and respiratory diseases, nursing care of ventilator dependent patient, tracheostomy care, suctioning, understanding ABG's and Oxygen use, pulmonary toilet, early intervention to prevent respiratory failure and pneumonia, etc.

Specialties Pulmonary
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  2. ChristopherH

    How many liters of O2 can a patient with COPD be on?

    Last reply by leslymill
    • 62 replies
  3. obeyacts2

    resp therapy vs RN

    Last reply by GilaRRT
    • 51 replies
  4. k9bite

    RT Career?

    Last reply by Lmbsrt
    • 40 replies
  5. divaRN*

    Trach suctioning. Bullet vs. no bullet

    Last reply by Sehille4774
    • 31 replies
  6. rachelgeorgina

    End stage COPD

    Last reply by Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN
    • 24 replies
  7. FranEMTnurse

    Excellent Pulmonary Resources

    Last reply by NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN
    • 21 replies
  8. Simply Complicated

    Caring for a COPD patient

    Last reply by Simply Complicated
    • 19 replies
  9. Freedom42

    Do you humidify high-flow oxygen with a nonrebreather?

    Last reply by lovingtheunloved, ASN, RN
    • 18 replies
  10. AntFlip7395

    A touchy subject perhaps, but...(long)

    Last reply by bousue
    • 18 replies
  11. Jedi of Zen

    Hyperpnea vs. Hyperventilation vs. Kussmaul's

    Last reply by tewdles, RN
    • 16 replies
  12. Jess79

    Is it asthma?

    Last reply by 1Tulip
    • 16 replies
  13. moonbeamsmom

    arterial blood gas

    Last reply by lajean
    • 15 replies
  14. bruto

    Difficulty to fix ventilator low peep alarm

    Last reply by bruto
    • 15 replies
  15. JSouba

    Student nurse confused about suctioning

    Last reply by canned_bread
    • 14 replies
  16. rlsilkett

    Oxygen administration

    Last reply by pavanneh
    • 14 replies
  17. LisaRRT

    Resp. tasks VS. Nursing tasks

    Last reply by RNentrepreneur
    • 13 replies
  18. nu2this

    respirator mask for copd patients

    Last reply by GreyGull
    • 13 replies
  19. mmorgan30

    How to become a vent certified RN?

    Last reply by LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN
    • 13 replies
  20. nurse_k

    Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Last reply by moonchild20002000
    • 13 replies
  21. 2bRNatasha85

    This is a really embarrassing question but I have to ask

    Last reply by eatmysoxRN, ASN, RN
    • 12 replies
  22. Fiioonnaa

    oxygen delivery with nasal cannula

    Last reply by heinz57
    • 12 replies
  23. yatyu

    respiratory distress vs respiraotry failure

    Last reply by anon456, BSN, RN
    • 11 replies
  24. Blackcat99

    First night working with a vent

    Last reply by dbella24
    • 10 replies
  25. EGVnurse

    Pulling out the trach

    Last reply by systoly
    • 10 replies
  26. TennRN2004

    Dsitinguishing Breath Sounds

    Last reply by soontoblpn
    • 10 replies