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- RT Navigator consult will be ordered for the asthmatic patient who meets one
- f the following criteria:
- Readmitted within 30 days
- Control Test ≤19
- A new asthmatic
- Asthmatic that is started or restarted on a controller
- Disease process deficit
- Promote active self-assessment and self-management of asthma by having
the patient 12- 17 years old (without documented developmental delays) or the caretaker (patients 2- 11 years) teach-back results of control test, early warning signs of asthma, and identify precipitating factors that aggravate their asthma (triggers) to healthcare worker.
- All caregivers for 2- 11 years old asthmatic patients who are on a controller
and patients 12-17 years old (without documented developmental delay) will teach back the difference between their controller and rescue medications after watching “What Is Asthma” from Iggy and the Inhalers.
- Patients will be discharged home on appropriate asthma prescriptions that can
be readily filled at their community pharmacy.
Performance Indicators
Certification Journey: The school nurse’s role
