Copd Brochure

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Learning from a leader
Transformational leaders will inspire their learners through what they have learned and encourage them (Leggat, 2009).   A leader will give the learners support and show new ways to handle COPD (Leggat, 2009). This leader will help learners to manage their disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Leggat, 2009).   A leader will show the learners how important it is to:
  * Stop smoking (Davenport, Estridge, & Zygmont, 2008).
  * Good oral care to reduce infections (Davenport, Estridge, & Zygmont, 2008).
  * The proper use of   inhalers, bronchodilators (Davenport, Estridge, & Zygmont, 2008).
  * Take medicine as directed by the doctor (Davenport, Estridge, & Zygmont, 2008).
  * The proper use of oxygen therapy and neubulization therapy (Davenport, Estridge, & Zygmont, 2008).
  * Give referrals to breathing conditioning programs (Davenport, Estridge, & Zygmont, 2008).

For Help
  1. The Breath and Lung Institute at Hackensack University Medical Center ("Www.humc.com - Breath and Lung Institute," 2010)
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601, 201-996-2211 ("Www.humc.com - Breath and Lung Institute," 2010)
  2. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
www.nhlbi.nib.gov/health/dci/disease/copd/copdwhatis.html
  3. State of New Jersey
www.freebreather.com/copd
  4. British Lung Foundation
www.lunguk.org

Michele C. De Vito, RN, CRN
193 Johnson Avenue
Dumont, New Jersey 07628
Phone:   201-280-0511

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
Do not SMOKE!!!

(Microsoft, 2010)
85 % of people with COPD SMOKE (Warren, 2009)

(Microsoft, 2007)
What is copd?
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a chronic disease which affects breathing.   This chronic disease does not get better and will get worse over time (Glastonbury, 2009).   A person will get this chronic disease if they smoke or exposed to pollutants over a long period of...