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Liz Ledger Nurse, Tewkesbury Care Home, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

A CPD article enhanced Liz Ledger’s knowledge of the treatment of patients with this lung condition

In my work I care for many residents with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Smoking tobacco is the most common cause of COPD, and many residents would have smoked tobacco before the effects of smoking were so well known.

Nursing Standard. 29, 31, 61-61. doi: 10.7748/ns.29.31.61.s44

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