title: Living with asthma.
abstract: Living with asthma is a challenging task. Learning to live with asthma using a self-management plan helps patients to achieve control of their asthma. Self-management and control tend to improve quality of life. This article relates one nurse's experience of living with asthma to self-management, partnership with the health care team, quality of life, and control of asthma.
authors.affiliation: Acute and Tertiary Care Department, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 336 Victoria Building, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. zewegr@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Gretchen E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Zewe
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D012648:Self Care