Course Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
• Define the causes and forms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Gain a better understanding of how COPD affects the healthcare industry and medical field as a whole
• Identify the major risk factors for developing COPD and discuss nursing interventions to minimize or prevent these risk factors
• Know the clinical presentation of COPD patients
• Describe the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of COPD
• Identify precipitants of COPD exacerbation
• Describe the nursing management of COPD patients
• Develop a teaching plan for patients with COPD including a comprehensive review of indicated medications
• Describe the major complications of COPD and identify strategies to prevent these complications
• Identify patients with COPD exacerbation requiring hospital admission
• Develop a sustainable program for managing COPD patients
Overview/Description
According to American Lung Association, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death in the United States. More than 11 million have been diagnosed, and an additional 24 million are estimated to have the disease without even knowing it. In Understanding COPD, participants will get an overview of the causes and forms of COPD, what it entails, and the latest evidence-based treatment and management of patients with COPD.
Attendees will…
• Review the the diseases that fall under the term COPD
• Discuss how the lungs function and how they function with COPD
• Be able to determine the signs and symptoms of COPD
• Apply in their practice latest evidence-based treatment and management of patients with COPD
Content Outline
- Understanding the lungs
- How do they work?
- What is the structure of the lungs
- Definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Emphysema vs Chronic Bronchitis vs. Asthma
- Epidemiology
- Risk factors
- Who is at risk?
- How does smoking cause COPD?
- Airway infections and COPD
- Clinical presentation
- What are the signs and symptoms of COPD
- Pathophysiology
- What is the basic physiology of the lungs?
- What is the pathophysiology of COPD patients?
- What are the risks and complications of COPD?
- Management
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- Is COPD curable?
- Nursing management of COPD patients
- Chronic Treatment
- Comprehensive review of current and newly prescribed medications
- Non-pharmacological management of COPD patients
- COPD Exacerbation nursing management
- Chronic Treatment
- Prevention
- Nursing interventions to minimize risk factors
- Staging and prognosis
- Review and Practice
- Q&A