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Grad nursing students help young asthma patients
Students from the nurse practitioner graduate program in the College of Health and Nursing Sciences visited Frederick Douglass Stubbs Intermediate School in Wilmington and Joseph M. McVey Elementary School in Newark six times to present the Open Airways program from the American Lung Association to three groups of students. The program teaches children 8-11 years old to detect the warning signs of asthma, including environmental factors such as air quality and tobacco smoke that can trigger attacks. The five graduate students—Keith Breasure RN, BSN; Elizabeth Dunst RN, BSN; Holly Kalish RN,BSN; Terry Sybrant RN, BSN; and Nicole Scott RN, BSN—gave about 25 asthma patients peak flow meters and taught them how to use the meters to measure their own lung capacities. Barbara L. Sheer, associate professor of nursing, who arranged the visits to the two schools, said the goal was to combine forces with a community agency and work on one of the top health problems in Delaware. “Asthma is a growing problem and a significant problem in Delaware,’’ Sheer said. “One of the triggers is environmental exposure to tobacco smoke. It [asthma] can’t be cured, but it can be controlled, and what we are trying to do is to have the children have a better understanding of asthma, what their triggers are, what to do about it, and when it’s time to take their medication, when it’s time to go to the hospital or when it’s time to go to their primary care office.’’ This is the second year the UD students have presented the program in Delaware schools. Photo by Duane Perry To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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