"Respiratory Issues at End-of-Life"

Objectives:

• Participants will be able to express understanding of the autonomic nervous system, and it’s role in the respiratory system
• Participants will be able to define common terms, such as  “dyspnea”, “tachypnea”, “subjective”
• Participants will beable to verbalize when it is appropriate to use oxygen at the end of life, and when it is not appropriate to use oxygen.
• Participants will be able to verbalize the appropriate reasons to use anti-cholinergic medications for excessive secretions
• Participants will be able to list 3 respiratory changes that may occur at the end of life.