Description
Recommended for nurses caring for pediatric patients diagnosed with a viral lower respiratory tract illness. This webinar will review nursing care for a pediatric patient with bronchiolitis. A brief overview of respiratory assessments will be discussed, signs and symptoms of respiratory distress, nursing interventions in the management of bronchiolitis and recognition of deterioration.
Objectives:
- Recognize the signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, course of disease, treatments and prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and bronchiolitis
- Review anatomical differences between infants/young children and adults and how respiratory care may differ for the paediatric population
- Understand appropriate nursing interventions for bronchiolitis and identify when to escalate concerns
- Apply the Bronchiolitis Severity Scoring tool to a patient scenario
- Understand discharge criteria and provide discharge teaching