Pathophysiology: Asthma is a respiratory condition with chronic inflammation of the bronchioles and bronchoconstriction. This causes airway restriction. Asthma attacks are caused by triggers such as infections, allergens, exercise, and other irritants.
Overview
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Inflammatory disorder of airways</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Stimulated by triggers (infection, allergens, exercise, irritants)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Status Asthmaticus &#8211; life-threatening condition
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Asthma unresponsive to treatment</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Nursing Points</h3>
<h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">General</h4>
<ol style="padding-left: 60px;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Narrowed airways = ↓ gas exchange
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Inflammation of airways</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Bronchoconstriction</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Excessive mucus production</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">Assessment</h4>
<ol style="padding-left: 60px;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Symptoms
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Wheezing/crackles</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Restless/anxious</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Diminished breath sounds</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">tachypnea</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Diagnostics
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Peak Flow Rate
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Volume of expired air</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Patient should track and know baseline</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Stable = 80-100% baseline</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Caution = 50-80% baseline</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Danger = &lt;50% baseline</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Pulmonary Function Tests</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">X-ray to rule out other causes</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">Therapeutic Management</h4>
<ol style="padding-left: 60px;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">High-fowler’s or position of comfort</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Administer O2</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Medications
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Epi-Pen if allergic reaction</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Bronchodilators</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Corticosteroids</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Leukotriene Modulators</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">Nursing Concepts</h4>
<ol style="padding-left: 60px;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Oxygenation
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Listen to lungs</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Monitor SpO2</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Administer supplemental O2</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Gas Exchange
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Monitor ABG</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Monitor for s/s CO2 toxicity
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">↓ LOC</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Comfort
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Keep patient calm</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Encourage position of comfort</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Patient Education</h3>
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Identify Triggers and Avoid
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Allergy tests</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Smoke / Secondhand smoke
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">SMOKING CESSATION</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Keep a journal</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Proper use of Inhaler
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Shake 10-15 times</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Large breathe, exhale completely</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Mouthpiece in mouth, seal with lips</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Tilt head back to open airway</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Depress inhaler, slow, deep breath in</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Hold breath 5-10 sec</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Breathe out slow</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Repeat if 2nd puff ordered</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Use spacer if needed</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Peak Flow Test
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<li style="font-weight: 400;">Daily testing &#8211; perform 3 times and record best effort</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Track in a journal</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Report to provider if in caution or danger zone</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>

Med-Surg | Respiratory

02-02-nursing-care-and-pathophysiology-for-asthma

Nursing Care and Pathophysiology for Asthma

<h3>Overview</h3>
<ol>
<li>Chronic inflammatory disease of the airways (bronchi and bronchioles)</li>
</ol>
<h3>Nursing Points</h3>
<h4>General</h4>
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Patho
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Abnormal, heightened airway reactivity </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Exposure to trigger → 
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Inflammation + Mucus </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Bronchospasm (decreases size of airway) </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Airflow obstruction </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Airway remodeling (long-term changes to lungs, scarring) </li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Triggers
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">A- allergens (seasonal, animal, food) </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">S- sport or smoking </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">T-temperatures (change in season, cold air) </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">H- hazards (chemicals)  </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">M- microbes (infection) </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">A- anxiety</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Diagnosis and Clinical tests 
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Clinical diagnosis 
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">No specific test is definitive</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Based on symptoms and history</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Confirmed with Spirometry 
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Can be used with kids &gt;5-6 years</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Helps assess effectiveness of treatment </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Done at least every year </li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Peak Flow Meter
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Evaluates how much air they can blow out in 1 second </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Always double check child’s technique </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Establish personal best when asthma is stable </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Then use to assess severity of asthma exacerbation 
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Green (80-100% of personal best) = no concerns </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Yellow (50-79% of personal best) = caution </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Red (&lt;50% of personal best) = medical emergency </li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Allergen Testing
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Skin and inhaled</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Others
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Exercise challenges</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Radiograph</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<h4>Assessment</h4>
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Acute Exacerbation
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Shortness of breath
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Unable to speak in complete sentences </li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Cough </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Retractions </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Chest tightness</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Wheeze </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Prolonged expiration</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Silent chest – complete obstruction of airflow</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Obtain blood for ABG</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Status asthmaticus
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Acute asthma attack that is resistant to treatment</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">May result in respiratory failure or death</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Associated with “silent chest” on auscultation</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Chronic- poorly controlled asthma 
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Frequent exacerbations</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Nighttime cough </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Barrel chest</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Elevated shoulders </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Use of accessory muscles </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Growth delay</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Puberty delay</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<h4>Therapeutic Management</h4>
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Goals
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Prevention by reducing exposure to triggers </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Long-term suppression of inflammation </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Managing acute exacerbations </li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Allergen Control 
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Keep living environment clean (minimize dust, pet dander, mold, damp)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Avoid 
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Secondhand smoke</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Cleaning products</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Long-term Control 
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Inhaled Corticosteroids 
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Ex: Budesonide &amp; Fluticasone</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Taken daily regardless of symptoms</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rinse mouth out after inhalation (to prevent thrush!)</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">B-Adrenergic agonist (short acting)
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Ex: Albuterol, Levalbuterol, Terbutaline</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Relaxes smooth muscles </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Stops bronchospasm </li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Medications to add to step up treatment
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;"> Leukotriene modifiers
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Ex: Montelukast sodium </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Block leukotrienes from over-responding to triggers</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Salmeterol (Long-Acting Bronchodilator) 
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Used to help prevent Exercise-induced bronchospasms</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Acute Exacerbation
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">ABC’s </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Supplemental O2</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">B-Adrenergic agonist (short acting_ 
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Albuterol </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">“Back-to-Back nebs”
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">3 doses given 20 minutes apart</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Corticosteroids (systemic)
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">IV, IM, PO </li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">If initial efforts are ineffective the provider may add the following
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Ipratropium Bromide via neb
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Relieve bronchospasm </li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Magnesium sulfide via IV</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Theophylline via neb or IV</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<h4>Nursing Concepts</h4>
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Oxygenation</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Gas Exchange</li>
</ol>
<h3>Patient Education</h3>
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Parents should keep emergency contact phone numbers available</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Instruct the family on the use of 
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Nebulizers</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Metered-Dose Inhalers &amp; Spacers
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Inhaled Corticosteroids
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Must be taken daily regardless of symptoms</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rinse mouth out after to avoid oral thrush</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">See this video as a resource: https://www.nationaljewish.org/treatment-programs/medications/inhaled-medication-asthma-inhaler-copd-inhaler/metered-dose/mdi-spacers
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Common issues
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Forgetting to shake inhaler</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Putting more than 1 puff in the chamber at a time</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Child breaths too rapidly </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Not using a spacer
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Kids embarrassed to carry it around </li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Peak flow meters
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Proper use</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Interpreting findings
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Green/Yellow/Red </li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>

Pediatrics

08-05-asthma

08.05 Asthma

**NextGen Practice and Understanding

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Pediatric Asthma [NextGen]

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GERD causes Nursing Mnemonic (Reflux Is Probably Mean)

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Hiatal Hernia Symptoms Nursing Mnemonic (Her Belly Really Hurts Following Dinner)

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Risk Factors for Cholelithiasis Nursing Mnemonic (5-F’s)

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Tracheal Esophageal Fistula – Sign and Symptoms Nursing Mnemonic (The 3 C’s)

Asthma management Nursing Mnemonic (ASTHMA)

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Nursing Mnemonics

Cardiovascular (Cardiac, CVD) Mnemonics

Electrolytes & Labs Mnemonics

Fundamentals & Nursing Process Mnemonics

Gastrointestinal (GI) Mnemonics

Hematology (Blood) & Oncology (Cancer) Mnemonics

Infections Mnemonics

Integumentary (Skin) Mnemonics

Metabolic & Endocrine Mnemonics

Musculoskeletal (Bones, Osteo) Mnemonics

Neurological Mnemonics

Mental Health Mnemonics

Obstetrics (OB) & Pediatrics (Peds) Mnemonics

Pharmacology (Medication) Mnemonics

Renal (Kidney, Nephrotic) Mnemonics

Respiratory System Mnemonics

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