Education is another big part of nursing care. At the time of your diagnosis, a nurse can help you understand: ... 7 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) nursing care plans.

Many COPD patients are offered pneumoccocal immunisation despite the lack of evidence of its effectiveness in COPD (BTS, 1997). Teaching patients how to recognise exacerbations and to seek help early ...

Researchers found that 57% of nursing home residents with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) had depression, 37.2% had anxiety, and 27.5% had both.

This guidance is for the care and treatment of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It explains guidance from NICE and is written for people with COPD but it may also be useful for their ...

Women aged 40 years and older have a 50% greater risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) vs men in the same age group, according to study findings published in BMJ Open Respiratory ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects 25 million people in the U.S. and is the fifth leading cause of death ...

Nursing-education programs need to undergo sweeping change to remedy a severe shortage of nurses and stop producing undergraduates who are poorly prepared to deal with profound changes in science ...

People who go to a skilled nursing facility after being hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are about twice as likely to die within a year, according to recently released findings.

There’s a new nursing education opportunity coming to Connecticut. Through a partnership between Hartford HealthCare and Quinnipiac University, an educational opportunity will be offered to ...

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master's degree program in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post-graduate APRN certificate program at Drexel University are accredited by ...