Asthma Nursing Care Management and Study Guide

Pawłowski Piotr, Łopuszyńska Marta, Korpornicka Beata, Jakubowska Klaudia, Nalepa Dorota. Asthma Nursing Care Management and Study Guide. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(12):368-377. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1146589

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Received: 01.12.2017. Revised: 15.12.2017. Accepted: 31.12.2017.

Asthma Nursing Care Management and Study Guide

Piotr Pawłowski¹, Marta Łopuszyńska², Beata Korpornicka³, Klaudia Jakubowska⁴, Dorota Nalepa⁵

¹A student of Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin,

²Neurology Clinic, Independent Public Central Teaching Hospital in Lublin,

³Chair of Internal Medicine and Department of Internal Medicine in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin,

⁴Chair of Development in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences Medical University of Lublin,

⁵A Doctoral Student, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin

Introduction and purpose of the work. Bronchial asthma is one of the most endangering civilizational diseases of the 21^st century. Studies show that the number of patients with bronchial asthma around the world is 300 million and it is constantly increasing. The actions taken by the nurse towards the patient depend on the duration period of the disease and the health condition of the patient, as well as the range of the expected aid. The aim of all those actions is supporting and aiding the patient to gain and sustain an optimal level of functioning with the disease in everyday life. Defining the types of actions that ought to be taken by the nurse towards the patient suffering from bronchial asthma.

Material and method. A case study method was applied. A modified guide for collecting patient data was used, the scale according to Dutch Consensus Prevention of Bedsores (CBO), Barthel scale, the ACTTM – Asthma Control Test as well as the author’s test that verifies the patient’s skills and knowledge in the preparation for self-care.

Results and conclusions. To reduce the risk of the disease exacerbations the nurse can suggest the patient some methods of the elimination of allergens from the environment as well as introduce and teach her the methods of stress management, because these are the main problems in the patient that can lead to the exacerbation of the disease. The main tasks of the nurse in educating the patient are the eradication of knowledge deficiencies related to the PEF self-control and the elimination of allergens.

Key words: bronchial asthma, nursing care