Resource: How Asthma-Friendly Is Your School?
A checklist to find out how well your school serves students with asthma.
This tool assists the school nurse in assessing if students are achieving good control of their asthma. Its use is particularly indicated for students receiving intensive case management services at school.
Resource: Validated Educational Programs
These programs are recognized by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as potentially effective educational interventions.
Resource: AeroChamber Plus® Flow-Vu® Anti-Static Valved Holding Chamber: Instructions for Use
Forest Laboratories, Inc.
Instructions on how to use AeroChamber Plus
Resource: Success of the Asthma Management and Education Online Program
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Asthma Management and Education Online (AME-O) program is an interactive web-based course structured around the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s “Four Components of Asthma Management”. AME-O prepares allied health (AH) professionals to deliver comprehensive asthma management and education to patients.
Resource: Asthma Basics for Schools
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
This package contains two sets of slides with presentation notes and a feedback form for use in evaluating the content and delivery of the slide presentations. You may download the slides in PowerPoint, PDF, and text only (HTML) formats below. 2008.
Resource: Management of Asthma Exacerbations: School Treatment Steps to Follow for an Asthma Episode in the School Setting When a Nurse is Not Available
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
The Steps to Follow for an Asthma Episode in the School Setting can be used by state or districts school health services directors or coordinators along with local asthma care providers and emergency care providers as a framework for the development of a local standard protocol that is written for appropriate staff in local schools. The Steps to Follow are designed for non-nursing staff such as classroom teachers.
Resource: Management of Asthma Exacerbations: School Treatment Suggested Emergency Nursing Protocol for Students with Asthma Who Don’t Have a Personal Asthma Action Plan
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Resource: Asthma and Physical Activity in the School
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Resource: Asthma Action Plan
US Department of Health and Human Service and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Downloadable Asthma Action Plan.
Resource: Instructions for Use Optichamber
Philips,
Instructions on how to use Optichamber.
Includes details on use, education and support.
Resource: Asthma Policy for Schools
The American Lung Association’s Asthma-Friendly Schools Initiative™ was created to provide a comprehensive approach to asthma management in schools
Resource: Asthma Individual Health Plan
Healthy Learners Asthma Initiative / Minneapolis Public Schools.
Downloadable Individual Asthma Health Plan.
Resource: AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org
Resource Bank with hundreds of asthma resources.
Webinar: Asthma Control: Are You Doing YOUR Part?
American School Health Association.
An Update for School Nurses in School-based Asthma Management.
This webinar provides school nurses with information on the six guidelines-based priority messages from the NAEPP’s Guidelines Implementation Panel (GIP) Report, as well as advances in school-based asthma management and techniques to overcome barriers to controlling asthma in the school setting. Hosted by Dr. Stephen Conley, ASHA’s Executive Director, the panelists include Dr. Lani Wheeler, Pediatric Asthma Specialist; Dr. Benjamin Francisco, Director of Asthma Ready® Communities; and Deborah Cook, RN, Director of Health Services, Kennett Public Schools, Missouri.
Webinar: : Teaming up for Asthma Control
Children’s Hospital: University of Missouri Health Care
This free online training program provides school nurses with a 2-hour web-based Asthma Best Practices course utilizing the Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR3-2007) and provides clear, evidence-based approaches for improving asthma care.
Webinar: The Evolving Role of the School Nurse in Treating and Managing Childhood Asthma –At School and Home
Merck Childhood Asthma Network and National Association of School Nurses.
Slides from achieved webinar.
- Understand the high prevalence of asthma among children, as well as the opportunities, barriers and challenges facing school nurses charged with advancing the well-being, academic success and health of students.
- Implement best practices learned from the specialized childhood asthma management program being implemented in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) into their own school programs/district.
- Better navigate administrative challenges, as identified from the LAUSD program, when working to implement asthma management programs or expand their role in helping children with asthma and their families.
Webinar: Nebulized Medication Administration
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Instructional video on how to provide nebulized medication administration.
Webinar: Asthma Management and Education Online
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
This course recognizes the critical role allied health professionals play in educating and caring for patients with asthma. Course content conforms with the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) 2007 Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma.
Webinar: Pediatric Asthma Evaluation and Management
American Academy of Pediatrics
Define asthma, diagnosis, predictive index, evaluation, severity, and control.
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