<aside> ☝🏼 Top Respiratory Nursing Diagnosis - “impaired gas exchange”

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Basics

• Oxygen Delivery Devices
• Abnormal Lung Sounds
• Acid-Base Balance
• Pulmonary Percussion Findings

Diagnostic Testing

• PPD Test
• Bronchoscopy

Major Conditions

conditions highlighted in red indiciates emergency

• Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
• Asthma
• COPD
• Pneumothorax
• Pleural Effusion
• Pneumonia