New guidelines were published in 2020, incorporating recent advances in the management of asthma and recognising inequities in asthma care experienced by Māori and Pacific peoples. This article discusses current recommendations from the Asthma & Respiratory Foundation NZ.
Asthma education through the eyes of your patients
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This video is a recording of the live webinar hosted by Mobile Health on 7 September 2022. Asthma NZ nurse educators Bekitemba Maseko and Ann Wheat highlight the importance of asthma action plans and provide practical advice resulting from real case scenarios.
Bekitemba is an Asthma NZ nurse manager with 20 years' experience in hospital and residential care facilities. Holding a diploma in General Nursing and Applied Mental Health, Bekitemba has educated in excess of 2000 asthma patients in the last three years. With an acute understanding of what drives behavioural change and self-management when it comes to asthma, he keeps 87 per cent of his patients out of hospital and enables them to live well with asthma.
Ann Wheat is an Asthma NZ nurse trainer and a registered general and obstetric nurse. Post-graduation Ann worked as a Practice Nurse for 25 years and recently retired as nurse manager at Asthma NZ. She is a member of the Unitec Nursing Advisory Board, GSK Advisory Board, and Pharmac’s Advisory Board. Ann is a guest lecturer in the nursing and pharmacy programmes with over 20 years' experience in asthma education.
This video is a recording of the live webinar hosted by Mobile Health on 7 September 2022 and is intended for a health professional audience.
Timeline
- 00:00 - 01:30 Introduction
- 01:30 - 35:30 Bekitemba Maseko
- 35:30 - 53:18 Ann Wheat
- 53:18 - 1:05:45 Q&A and closing
Professional college endorsements
This activity has been endorsed by The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) and has been approved for up to 1 CME credit for continuing professional development purposes (1 credit per learning hour). To claim your CPD credits, log in to your Te Whanake dashboard and record these activities under the appropriate learning category.
This activity has been endorsed by the PSNZ as suitable for inclusion in a pharmacist’s CE records for CPD purposes.
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