Mobile chest drainage: coming soon to a home near you.
Home care nurses are seeing more patients with chest drainage devices than ever before. This article reviews the conditions that may be treated at home with mobile chest drainage devices, specific devices nurses are likely to see in the home, focused nursing assessments, tips for monitoring the devices, and key aspects of patient and caregiver teaching.
Educational Medical Consultants, Meriden, CT, USA. edmed@cox.net
Patricia
P
Carroll
D015505:Chest Tubes; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing; D004867:Equipment Design; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy