Concerns about safety, competing priorities and uncooperative patients were among the barriers identified by critical care nurses for not mobilizing intubated patients receiving mechanical ventilation ...

Many people permanently on ventilators prefer to live at home as long as they can. But care there can be perilous and pricey. Some state health programs pay for ventilator care for low-income patients ...

This article has been written and funded by Chiesi UK. Author: Sarah Rust As a respiratory nurse working in general practice, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A new safety tool is available to front-line healthcare workers thanks to a request by one nurse. For Emily Wallace, COVID-19 can be overwhelming. "It's just scary because it's ...

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.