Application: Pulmonary Function Testing
To prepare:
• Review the COPD guidelines in the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease article in this week's Learning Resources.
• Reflect on COPD diagnosis, management, and prevention strategies suggested in the guidelines. Consider how to implement these strategies in a clinical setting.
• Locate and select a case study from a reputable source on a patient whose condition required pulmonary function testing and and use it for this assignment, make sure you provide reference where patient is selected
• Consider the COPD guidelines for diagnosis and think about a potential diagnosis for the patient in the case study that you selected.
• Reflect on treatment and management options based on the patient's diagnosis.
To complete:
Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:
• Describe COPD diagnosis, management, and prevention strategies suggested in the COPD guidelines. Explain how to implement these strategies in a clinical setting.
• Explain your diagnosis for the patient in the case study that you selected. Compare the patient's pulmonary function test results to the COPD guidelines when making your diagnosis.
• Describe treatment and management options based on the patient's diagnosis
Reminder: The School of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references
Reference-
Readings
• Buttaro, T. M., Trybulski, J., Polgar Bailey, P., & Sandberg-Cook, J. (2013). Primary care: A collaborative practice (4th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby. ?
Chapter 26, "Acute Bronchospasm" (pp. 189-191)
Part 10, "Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Disorders" (pp. 404-486)
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. (2011). At-a-glance outpatient management reference for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Retrieved from http://www.goldcopd.org/uploads/users/files/GOLD_AtAGlance_2011_Jan18.pdf
American Lung Association. (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2012, from http://www.lung.org