Assisting patients living with long-term oxygen therapy.
The nurse has an important role in assisting chronically ill patients disabled by breathlessness to adjust to long-term oxygen therapy. This article provides a simplified summary of the changed physiology necessitating additional oxygen. The focus, however, is on nursing and the educational and rehabilitation strategies that may be used to support patients in living with long-term oxygen therapy.
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