Interventions for COPD include a variety of care from various healthcare professionals. Part of that care is a detailed plan based on your needs and developed by a nurse or a respiratory therapist.

The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a common and preventable chronic disease, is on the increase, and so are the financial and social burdens associated with it. The ...

A recent study found that a nurse practitioner/community health worker intervention was a feasible and acceptable strategy for addressing how social determinants of health (SDOH) and comorbidities ...

Most nurses, not just specialist nurses, will routinely encounter people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in their care. Although there is no cure for this progressive respiratory disease, ...

Nurses who regularly use chemical disinfectants in the workplace may be at risk for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers ...

Cognitive behavioral therapy delivered by respiratory nurses can reduce anxiety and is cost-effective in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Anxiety, an important comorbidity ...

Annette Pilling, SEN, RGN, BSc, DipAsthma, DipCOPD, Advanced COPD Cert, Dip HE, is COPD specialist nurse;Roger Wolstenholme, BSc, MB, BS, FRCP, DTM&H, Dip Sports Med ...

Researchers sought to identify the association between disinfectants and cleaning products with the incidence of COPD in nurses. Regular use of chemical disinfectants and cleaning products may be a ...

Regular use of disinfectants is linked to a higher risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to new research looking at incidence of the disease in over 55,000 nurses ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Female nurses who worked in the operating rooms for 15 years or more had an increased risk for developing COPD ...

—Researchers found an association between long-term operating room employment and a higher risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among nurses. Nurses working in the operating room (OR) setting ...