Ineffective Airway Clearance related to - COPD

Nursing Diagnosis Ineffective airway clearance related to :

•  bronchoconstriction,
• increased mucus formation, 
• ineffective cough, 
• bronchopulmonary infection.

Goal: Achievement of client airway clearance

Nursing Interventions Ineffective airway clearance:

• Give the patient 6 to 8 glasses of fluid / day unless there is a cor pulmonale.
• Teach and give encouragement use of diaphragmatic breathing and coughing techniques.
• Assist in the provision of action nebulizer, metered dose inhalers.
• Perform postural drainage with percussion and vibration in the morning and evening according to the required.
• Instruct patient to avoid irritants such as cigarette smoke, aerosols, temperature extremes, and smoke.
• Teach about the early signs of infection should be reported to your doctor immediately: increased sputum, change in sputum color, viscosity of sputum, increased shortness of breath, chest tightness, fatigue.
• Give antibiotics as required.
• Give encouragement to patients to immunize against influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae.