Asthma Patient Care
Tracking # 20-1237882
$49.00
What you'll learn
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 overview
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.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy
Licensed Respiratory Therapist
Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
District of Columbia Board of Nursing
Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Florida Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants
Certified Nursing Assistant
Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Florida Board of Respiratory Care
Certified Respiratory Therapist
Registered Respiratory Therapist
Respiratory Care Practitioner Critical Care
Respiratory Care Practitioner Non-Critical Care
Georgia Board of Nursing
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Professional Nurse
Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Kansas State Board of Nursing
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Licensed Mental Health Technician
Licensed Practical Nurse
Nurse Midwife
Nurse Practitioner
Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Kentucky Board of Nursing
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
New Mexico Board of Nursing
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
North Dakota Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
South Carolina Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
South Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
West Virginia Board of Registered Nurses
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse
Wyoming Board of Nursing
Certified Nurse Midwife
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Certified Nurse Specialist
Certified Nursing Assistant
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Licensed Practical Nurse
Registered Nurse
Disclosure statements
Neither the planners of this course nor the author have conflicts of interest to disclose. (A conflict of interest exists when the planners and/or authors have financial relationship with providers of goods or services which could influence their objectivity in presenting educational content.)
This course is not co-provided.
Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., has not received commercial support for this course.
There is no “off-label” use of medications in this course. All doses and dose ranges are for adults, unless otherwise indicated. Trade names, when used, are intended as an example of a class of medication, not an endorsement of a specific medication or manufacturer by Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., or any of our accrediting/approval agencies.
Product trade names or images, when used, are intended as an example of a class of product, not an endorsement of a specific product or manufacturer by Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., or any of our accrediting/approval agencies.
Accreditation does not imply endorsement by Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., or any of our accrediting/approval agencies of any commercial products or services mentioned in conjunction with this activity.
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