Asthma Patient Care
CE Credits Hours: 10.00
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will have increased your knowledge of how to plan, deliver, and evaluate evidence-based preventative and therapeutic care for patients at risk for asthma and patients who have asthma. Specific learning objectives to address potential knowledge gaps include:
Define “asthma” and its types.
- Discuss the impacts of asthma.
- Review the pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, etiology, and contributing factors related to the development of asthma.
- Describe the diagnostic process and assessment of asthma severity.
- Review the pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments for asthma.
- Describe the management of acute asthma attacks.
- Summarize the elements of long-term asthma management.
- Identify the roles of respiratory, physical, and occupational therapy in the long-term management of asthma.
- Describe complications of asthma.
- Discuss asthma care for special populations.
Course Description
10-contact-hour continuing education course on asthma signs and symptoms, diagnosis and assessment, pharmacologic treatments, long-term management, complications, breathing difficulty, and managing attacks. Applicable for nursing, occupational therapy, and other practitioners.
Regulations/Board Approvals
Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
