Author： Gift Audrey G.
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 0889-7182
Source： Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice, Vol.1, Iss.1, 1987-01, pp. : 73-85
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Abstract
Dyspnea is the subjective experience of shortness of breath, which can be very distressing to the person experiencing it. It is a growing health care problem in the United States today because of the continued rise in the incidence of respiratory disease. Patients turn to their health professionals in the hope of obtaining relief. Physicians administer medications in an attempt to relieve the underlying physiological abnormality, but often this is inadequate. Few nursing interventions have been proposed for the relief of dyspnea. Part of the reason for this may be the lack of a perspective on dyspnea. Now, however, adequate data are available for this to begin. Differing perspectives in relation to dyspnea are presented here and evaluated for their relevance to nursing. Suggestions are made for future nursing research regarding dyspnea interventions.
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