As the health care industry's most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare's Cardiopulmonary Services Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Incentive Spirometry. MCN's policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Incentive Spirometry:

	POLICY: It is the policy of Hospital Cardiopulmonary Services to provide incentive spirometry as ordered by a patient's physician. When a physician's order for incentive spirometry is received, it shall be sent to Cardiopulmonary Services to be charged and started by a member of Cardiopulmonary Services or Nursing. Patients shall be encouraged to use the incentive spirometer five 5 to 10 breaths per session, at a minimum every hour while awake. Incentive spirometers are single-use items. The patient's name will be written on his/her individual incentive spirometer. PURPOSE: Incentive...
Second excerpt:
	...understanding of the procedure PATIENT OUTCOME: Absence of or improvement in signs of atelectasis include: Decreased respiratory rate Resolution of fever Normal pulse rate Absent crackles rales, presence of or improvement in previously absent or diminished breath sounds Normal chest x-ray Improved arterial oxygen tension PaO2 and decreased alveolar-arterial oxygen tension gradient, or P A-a O2 Increased VC and peak expiratory flows Improved inspiratory muscle performance: ...