The process of implementing a nurse-coordinated multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation program in Melbourne

In March 2002 The Northern Clinical Research Centre, Epping implemented a six week outpatient based pulmonary rehabilitation program for people with COPD. This paper outlines the establishment, underlying philosophy, marketing, coordination and personnel necessary for a successful program, as identi...

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Published in:Contemporary nurse : a journal for the Australian nursing profession 2005-07, Vol.19 (1-2), p.222-231
Main Authors: Murphy, Maria C, Campbell, Michelle, Saunders, John E, Berlowitz, David J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambulatory Care - organization & administration
Ambulatory medical care
Exercise Therapy - organization & administration
Follow-Up Studies
Forced Expiratory Volume
Health care teams
Humans
Marketing of Health Services - organization & administration
Models, Psychological
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing Assessment
Nursing Evaluation Research
Nursing Staff, Hospital - organization & administration
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Care Team - organization & administration
Patient Education as Topic
Patient Participation
Philosophy, Nursing
Program Development - methods
Program Evaluation
Prospective Studies
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - psychology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - rehabilitation
Referral and Consultation - organization & administration
Self Care - methods
Self Care - psychology
Self Efficacy
Victoria
Vital Capacity
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Summary:In March 2002 The Northern Clinical Research Centre, Epping implemented a six week outpatient based pulmonary rehabilitation program for people with COPD. This paper outlines the establishment, underlying philosophy, marketing, coordination and personnel necessary for a successful program, as identified by the research centre. Barriers to program participation were identified and steps to minimise these were implemented. The longitudinal evaluation of this program in a prospective manner enables the duration of the effect of this adjunctive therapy to be examined in the Australian population. One hundred and thirty six participants have graduated from the research centre's pulmonary rehabilitation program since the program commenced in 2002. This paper reviews the process of implementing a pulmonary rehabilitation program in the northern corridor of Melbourne. (author abstract)
ISSN:1037-6178
DOI:10.5172/conu.19.1-2.222