Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) for Certified Emergency Nursing (CEN)

Chronic cough is common in COPD. When planning the discharge instructions for a patient with COPD, the nurse should remember to advise the patient to avoid:

Nursing assessment of a patient with emphysema typically reveals barrel chest, which results from:

The patient wonders aloud whether it is too late to quit smoking. The nurse correctly explains that if the patient stops smoking now:

When auscultating a patient, the nurse notes decreased vesicular breath sounds. This is an indication of:

The nurse would anticipate initial emergency treatment for a patient with mild to moderate respiratory distress secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to include:

Which nursing diagnostic category would be appropriate for a patient with COPD?

When assessing a patient with cor pulmonale resulting from COPD:

The nurse knows that chronic bronchitis is classified as COPD because of which pathogenic occurrence?

A 69-year-old man is admitted to the ED with difficulty breathing. He has a 50-pack-year history of smoking. Upon examination, the nurse notes the patient’s reliance on accessory muscles for breathing and his barrel chest. Which history finding is the most significant factor contributing to this patient’s condition?

The nurse would suspect dyspnea in a patient with a stab wound in the left upper abdominal quadrant to result from: