英文摘要 |
Patients with COPD have varying degrees of disease severity and different complications. The disease can be controlled but not cured. Weaning a patient with COPD from a mechanical ventilator can be difficult. This article discusses the experience providing nursing experience weaning a patient with COPD from a mechanical ventilator on which he had depended for a long time. The nursing period was from 12th May, 2009 to 2nd June, 2009. Using Gordon 11-items of functional health pattern as nursing evaluation, counseling, observation, history taking, chart review, case evaluation, and direct nursing, we found that the main nursing problems to be ventilator dependence, exercise intolerance, and sleep disturbance. Once a good therapeutic relationship with the patient was established, we used stepped respiratory training, assisted ventilator weaning, and effective deep breathing practice, cough, and respiratory muscle exercises to build the patient's confidence and improve symptoms of exercise intolerance. To improve sleep quality, we lowered environmental interference and helped ameliorate uncertainty about the disease. The participation of the medical team, patient and the patient's family in the provision of care for the symptoms, the patient's response, and the patient's feelings helped the patient successfully relinquish his use of the mechanical ventilator. |