Implementing a pediatric asthma program: enabling self-care management through education.
This article provides an overview of asthma prevalence among children, presents a summary of asthma triggers based on past research, outlines the essential components of a pediatric asthma home care model implemented by a large urban home health agency, and details the types of clinical documentation needed for care plan development and monitoring of asthma in the home.
Navaie-Waliser
Maryam
M
Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, USA. maryam.navaie@vnsny.org
Mersman
Cynthia
C
Lincoln
Priscilla
P
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000293:Adolescent; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000451:nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012648:Self Care / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States
D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents