Role of the nurse in management of COPD
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a treatable condition that is defined as being “a disease characterised by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible. This airflow limitation is usually both progressive and associated with an abnormal inflammatory response of the lungs to noxious particles or gases” (Fabbri, 2003). One in every four acute admissions […]
