Helping School Nurses Learn How to Manage Asthma Triggers:
Overview: Do most school nurses feel confident in their knowledge and ability to manage Asthma triggers in their school? How can school nurses feel more empowered to manage their students with Asthma? In this lesson, school nurses will learn to increase their awareness of potential Asthma triggers and irritants in the school environment. Please watch this YouTube Video on Asthma:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82gn_rDRpHk

Please share your experiences in a blog for the rest of the school nurses in the class to read about your experiences with students with Asthma in your school clinics. Answer the following discussion questions: What is Asthma? What are Asthma triggers? What can you do as a school nurse for students with Asthma?

Class Content Module Outline:

Asthma Update
Exercise as trigger
Classroom pets as triggers
School cleanliness/maintenance issues as triggers
Smoke/odors as triggers and irritants
School wide support

*The overall goal of this class lesson is to: Enhance awareness of potential asthma triggers within the school environment for school nurses.

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