This paper focuses on what respiratory failure is, its classification and nursing management of the client with respiratory failure. It includes clinical manifestations, nursing assessment, potential nursing diagnosis and nursing interventions plus patient teaching. Respiratory failure occurs as a result of a dysfunction of the respiratory gas exchange system that causes the arterial oxygen level to fall below 60mm Hg.
[...] Nursing management of the client with respiratory failure Abstract: This paper focuses on what respiratory failure is, its classification and nursing management of the client with respiratory failure. It includes clinical manifestations, nursing assessment, potential nursing diagnosis and nursing interventions plus patient teaching. Respiratory failure occurs as a result of a dysfunction of the respiratory gas exchange system that causes the arterial oxygen level to fall below 60mm Hg causing hypoxemia and /or the increase of the arterial carbon dioxide level to rise above 50mm Hg leading to hypercania, as seen from arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis. [...]
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