Clinical measurement of dyspnea.
How often have you had a patient turn to you in distress, complaining of shortness of breath and wanting you to provide relief? This situation is often as distressing for the nurse as it is for the patient because there are few recommended nursing interventions designed to assist such patients. The author presents a nursing assessment tool for the dyspneic individual, which can be used to document the effectiveness of interventions for these patients.
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D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation