Identifying themes to inform nursing decisions when caring for patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on noninvasive ventilation: A qualitative descriptive study

• Published in: Research in nursing & health Vol. 45; no. 6; pp. 707 - 716
• Main Authors: Farmer, Mary Jo S., Callahan, Christine, Riska, Karen, Hughes, Ashley M., Stefan, Mihaela S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2022
• Subjects: acute exacerbation of COPD; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Clinical assessment; Clinical nursing; Humans; Interagency collaboration; Interdisciplinary aspects; Interviews; Medical education; Non-invasive; Noninvasive Ventilation; noninvasive ventilation (NIV); nurse; Nurses; Nursing care; Nursing education; Patient Care; Patients; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - therapy; Qualitative Research; rapid response team; Respiration, Artificial; Teams; Ventilation; acute exacerbation of COPD; nurse; rapid response team; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); noninvasive ventilation (NIV)

Prior studies analyzing patient experience with noninvasive ventilation (NIV) found the most impactful interaction that patients remembered was with nurses, however a survey of nurses regarding the management of patients treated with NIV has shown that most nurses felt unprepared to care for these s...