Treatment of COPD
Tracking # 20-1005738
Course overview
The purpose of this course is to teach the learner about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, and the treatments commonly used for it. The anatomy and function of normal lungs and changes that occur because of lung disease are presented. Information is provided on the disease process, causes, and symptoms of COPD. This course engages learners in content about drug treatments, non-drug treatments, and lifestyle changes for the management of COPD. Care interventions to help support a person with COPD are also discussed. The goal of this course is to teach unlicensed direct care workers in the post-acute care setting about the treatment of COPD.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Arizona Board of Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Assisted Living Facility Managers
Assisted Living Facility Manager
Nursing Care Institution Administrator
Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators
Nursing Home Administrator
Georgia State Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators
Assisted Living Community Administrator
Nursing Home Administrator
Personal Care Home Administrator
Michigan Board of Nursing Home Administrators
Nursing Home Administrator
Nursing Home Administrator Special Volunteer
New Hampshire Board of Nursing Home Administrators
Nursing Home Administrator
South Carolina Board of Long Term Health Care Administrators
Community Residential Care Facility Administrator
Dual License: Nursing Home Administrator and Community Resident Care Administrator
Nursing Home Administrators
Tennessee Board of Nursing Home Administrators
Nursing Home Administrator
Wisconsin Nursing Home Administrators Examining Board
Nursing Home Administrator
Disclosure statements
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.