Improving Nursing Compliance with Prescribed Respiratory Therapy in the PACU: Incentive Spirometry, Cough and Deep Breathing

Major surgeries, anesthesia, and pain can hinder lung expansion, causing atelectasis, and pulmonary dysfunction in the postoperative period. Performing Incentive spirometry (IS), cough and deep breathing (C&DB) exercises are known to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs). This project addressed nursing compliance with prescribed incentive spirometry regimen in the postoperative period.
Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research