#respirations

Normal -- neither shallow nor deep -- equal chest rise and fall -- no use of accessory muscles

Shallow -- decreased chest motion -- decreased abdominal wall motion

Labored -- increased breathing effort -- use of accessory muscles -- possible gasping -- nasal flaring -- intercostal retractions in children and infants -- supraclavicular retractions in children and infants

Noisy -- increase in sound of breathing -- includes      -- snoring      -- wheezing      -- gurgling      -- grunting      -- stridor

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Last week at work I was dealing with a difficult situation. A patient wanted to make a complaint about me, personally, and even though there was nothing to it, I still felt an enormous amount of stress. I remember going into the bathroom and watching the hives break out on my neck and creep up my face. This happened one other time in nursing school, so badly that I had to leave clinical early and…

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Nurse Suspended for Consistently Charting Respiratory Rate of 16

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CHICAGO, IL - Nurse Jamie Inspira was suspended from Atlantic Memorial Hospital last week.  In a report that was just made public, it was stated that Nurse Inspira, RN continually charted respiratory rates of 16 for all of her patients. "Even patients that are on a full ventilator with ...

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