title: Care of the patient requiring mechanical ventilation.
abstract: Today patients that are otherwise stable may require mechanical ventilation for prolonged periods of time. The medical-surgical nurse may be expected to care for these patients in a setting outside the intensive care unit. Basic knowledge of the modes of ventilation, assessment, and troubleshooting of ventilators and assessment and care of the patient requiring mechanical ventilation are reviewed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Grap
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D015300:Ventilator Weaning