Explain the stepwise approach to asthma treatment and management for your patient.

Assignment: Asthma and
Stepwise Management
Asthma is a respiratory disorder that
affects children and adults. Advanced practice nurses often provide treatment
to patients with these disorders. Sometimes patients require immediate
treatment, making it essential that you recognize and distinguish minor asthma
symptoms from serious, life-threatening ones. Since symptoms and attacks are
often induced by a trigger, advanced practice nurses must also help patients
identify their triggers and recommend appropriate management options. Like many
other disorders, there are various approaches to treating and managing care for
asthmatic patients depending on individual patient factors.
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One method that supports the clinical decision
making of drug therapy plans for asthmatic patients is the stepwise approach,
which you explore in this Assignment.
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 3
Create 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.

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