Click
here
to take the training:
Asthma Action Plan: School Nurses Leading the Way
Professional Development for New Jersey State School Nurses
Click
here for a printable version of the training:
Asthma Action Plan: School Nurses Leading the Way
Click here to take the Quiz for
Professional Development based on the CD training presentation:
Asthma Action Plan: School Nurses Leading the Way. This
quiz is only for New Jersey State School Nurses who have viewed the
training presentation.
IMPORTANT: If you
took this quiz during the months of November, 2006 December 2006 or
January 2007, please retake the quiz. Our system was unable to
process all quizzes during that period.
PACNJ Asthma Friendly School Award - Six Steps for Success
Does your school qualify for the award? Click here
for information about the six criteria for the award and how to complete
each one
See the list
of PACNJ Asthma Friendly School Award Recipients!
Asthma
Education Video Kit for Classroom Teachers
NOW AVAILABLE FREE TO NEW JERSEY
SCHOOL NURSES ONLY
The ABCs of Asthma Are All
'Bout Control,
Designed to be used as a one hour, in-service program lead by a school
nurse, this program meets the requirements of
New
Jersey Law, N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.9, mandating asthma education
opportunities for faculty. For more information
and a copy of the law
click here.
Order the
video kit
(one kit per school in New Jersey)
The Curriculum Guide and handouts that
accompany the kit are listed below.
These links below require Adobe Acrobat
Reader.
Download the
Curriculum Guide
Download the handouts:
Asthma and Federal Laws
Asthma
and the Laws in New Jersey
Clean Classroom
Checklist
Common Asthma Triggers
Early
Signs of an Asthma Episode
Pets in the Classroom
Resources
The Teacher's Role
Funding to produce and
distribute kits to all K-12 schools in New Jersey was provided by the
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, with funds provided
by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region II.
This publication was
supported by a grant from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior
Services, with funds provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention under operative Agreement U59/CCU21776. Its
contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not
necessarily represent the official views of the New Jersey Department of
Health and Senior Services or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
Although this video has been funded wholly or in part by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency under agreement XA98284401-0 to
the American Lung Association of New Jersey, it has not gone through the
Agency's publications review process and therefore, may not necessarily
reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be
inferred.
Medical aspects of this tape reviewed by the New Jersey Thoracic
Society, medical section of the American Lung Association of New Jersey
Three-part Asthma Education Video
Kit for School Nurses:
AVAILABLE FOR LOAN TO NEW JERSEY SCHOOL NURSES
Asthma Management in
the School Setting
Reproducible handouts for each of the presentations in this video
edition of the September 25, 2001 live satellite broadcast are
included.
To request an order form for the video kit
Click Here |
· Part
1 - (1 hour 25 minutes)
Asthma Statistics in NJ
Jonathan Wallace
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Basic Asthma Facts
Sushmita Mikkilineni, MD, Pediatric Pulmonologist
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
NHLBI Guidelines & Medications
Arthur Torre, MD, Pediatric Allergist
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
· Part
2 - (1 hour 19 minutes)
Asthma Triggers
Larainne Koehler
United States Environmental Protection Agency
NJ School Policy
Marilyn Kent
New Jersey State Department of Education
· Part
3 - (20 minutes)
Gadgets
and Gizmos in the School Setting
William Clark, PhD, RRT and Clatie Campbell, RRT
New Jersey Society for Respiratory Care
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"New Asthma
Treatment Plan"
Nurses: Download and print the new Asthma
Treatment Plan for use in your school office.
This Asthma Action Plan meets the requirement set forth in New Jersey
law
N.J.S.A.
18A:40-12.8,.
In section C.18A:40-12.83B it states:
."..a requirement that each pupil authorized to use asthma medication
pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.308 (C.18A: 40-12.3), or a
nebulizer have an asthma treatment plan prepared by the physician
of the pupil, which shall identify, at a minimum, asthma triggers, the
treatment plan, and such other elements as shall be determined by the
State Board of Education."
Click here to read the
Interoffice
Memorandum to County Superintendents regarding the use of the PACNJ
Asthma Action Plan
The above links require
Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click the following icon to download the free
reader.
The
Pediatric/Adult Asthma Coalition of New Jersey
School Task Force
Objective: all providers of public and private education in New Jersey
will understand and cooperate with the NHLBI Guidelines in partnership
of care for managing asthma.
Desired outcomes:
- Schools will utilize an asthma action
plan in compliance with the NHLBI Guidelines
- There will be a reduction in school
absenteeism for children with asthma.
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Co-chair
Marilyn E. Kent, MSN,
RN
NJ State Department of Education |
Co-chair
Carol
McGotty, RN, MS
NJ State School Nurses Association |
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