ABSTRACT
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.
Subject(s)
Asthma/nursing , Patient Education as Topic/organization & administration , Pediatric Nursing/organization & administration , Administration, Inhalation , Adolescent , Anti-Asthmatic Agents/administration & dosage , Asthma/diagnosis , Asthma/drug therapy , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Home Care Services/organization & administration , Humans , Male , Monitoring, Physiologic/nursing , Nurse's Role , Program Evaluation , Quality of Health Care , Self Care/standards , Self Care/trends , Sensitivity and Specificity , Severity of Illness Index , United StatesABSTRACT
To date, few evaluations have examined issues specific to children's asthma management in their homes. This study examined the characteristics, risk factors, and needs of children with asthma, and the impact of home health nurses on improving parents'/family caregivers' knowledge about asthma triggers and management. The medical records of children,
