Nursing Care Plan – Respiratory Acidosis
Respiratory acidosis results when any area of respiratory function is impaired, reducing the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. This impairment causes carbon dioxide retention. Because any increase in carbon dioxide levels causes a corresponding increase in hydrogen ion levels, carbon dioxide retention leads to acidosis. All causes of respiratory acidosis lead to an acid-excess acidosis.
Byron Webb Romero, RN, MSN
Finished BSN at Lyceum of the Philippines University, and Master of Science in Nursing Major in Adult Health Nursing at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center. Currently working at Manila Doctors College of Nursing as a Team Leader for Level I and II, Lecturer for Professional Nursing Subjects, and also a Clinical Instructor.
