Wheezes Pops and Whistles
Julie Miller, RN, BSN, CCRN
President: Paws to Learn

Abstract:
An exciting, interactive session filled with the why behind pulmonary pathophysiology.  This session will review normal physiology with pulmonary alterations.  Discover the why behind your assessment, nursing and collaborative interventions. Key content will include: identifying the pathophysiologic process and relating it to the assessment and interventions for the following: differentiating between the distinctive sounds of crackles, rhonchi, wheezes, stridor and rubs; the why behind your patient’s position, skin color and respiratory pattern; the importance of the alveolar capillary membrane and what the PaO2, PaCO2 and SaO2 really tell us about the patient’s condition; the role of the pulmonary arteries in oxygenation and the hidden killer pulmonary embolism; and we’ll wrap up with a glance into the pleural space and the difference between a pneumo and hemothorax. As prerequisite knowledge, nurses should bring an enthusiasm to update their critical thinking skills on the why behind the assessment, intervention and diagnosis of their pulmonary patients. 

Objectives:
Correlate physical assessment findings to pulmonary physiology
Discuss pathophysiologic changes of the pulmonary system
Describe nursing and collaborative interventions for pathophysiologic assessment findings

Format and method on instruction:
90 minutes expandable to 2 hours
Interactive lecture, audiovisuals, case studies

Additional Information:
This session is an excellent introductory session to a pulmonary all day seminar.
This session received outstanding evaluations from Presbyterian Health System Medical – Surgical Conference in September 2003.

Primary Speaker Information:
Julie Miller, RN, BSN, CCRN
President:  Paws to Learn
7313 CR 2192
Whitehouse TX 75791
C:  903–245–1223
Fax:  903–839–0894
Email:  [email protected]

© 2003 Paws to Learn


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