Pulmonary Function Tests-What Does it Tell Us?

Merve ÇAYIR YILMAZa , Rahşan ÇEVİK AKYILb , Seyhan SARITAŞc
aAmasya University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Amasya, Türkiye
bAydın Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Aydın, Türkiye
cMalatya Turgut Özal University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Malatya, Türkiye

Çayır Yılmaz M, Çevik Akyıl R, Sarıtaş S. Pulmonary function tests-what does it tell us?. In: Çevik Akyıl R, ed. Nursing Approach in Respiratory Diseases. 1st ed. Ankara: Türkiye Klinikleri; 2025. p.17-9.

ABSTRACT
Respiratory diseases are common and have serious consequences if not intervened in time, and early diagnosis and follow-up of these diseases is important. Respiratory function tests are used in the diagnosis and follow-up of diseases. For this reason, it is important that nurses, who are the healthcare professionals who spend the most time with patients and are involved in the preparation, implemetion and subsequent follow-up process of the tests, have sufficient knowledge about respiratory function tests. In this section, what the nurse should know about respiratory function tests is mentioned.

Keywords: Nurse; respiratory function tests; respiratory diseases

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