Explain the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management for your patient.
This week we are looking at respiratory disorders. For the assignment due by day 7, you are working up a patient that has asthma and creating a small PowerPoint presentation.
Give me long and short term treatment options, doses, and counseling points.
Explain the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management for your patient.
Finally, explain how the stepwise management assists healthcare providers and patients in gaining and maintaining control of the disease.
To Prepare
• Reflect on drugs used to treat asthmatic patients, including long-term control and quick relief treatment options for patients. Think about the impact these drugs might have on patients, including adults and children.
• Consider how you might apply the stepwise approach to address the health needs of a patient in your practice.
• Reflect on how stepwise management assists health care providers and patients in gaining and maintaining control of the disease. By Day 7 of Week 3Create a 5- to 6-slide PowerPoint presentation that can be used in a staff development meeting on presenting different approaches for implementing the stepwise approach for asthma treatment.
Be sure to address the following:
• Describe long-term control and quick relief treatment options for the asthma patient from your practice as well as the impact these drugs might have on your patient.
• Explain the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management for your patient.
• Explain how stepwise management assists health care providers and patients in gaining and maintaining control of the disease. Be specific.
Answer preview to explain the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management for your patient.
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