Classes
2008 class calendarAsthma Management
Course description
This course will increase the learner’s knowledge in assessment and intervention of hospitalized asthma patients.
Topics covered
- Define asthma.
- Explain inflammatory disease of the airway, and airflow obstruction secondary to the inflammation.
- Discuss incidence of asthma in the U.S.
- State two factors in asthma deaths.
- Discuss pathogenesis as it relates to asthma.
- State indications of nebulizer treatment vs. MDI.
- Explain the goal of asthma therapy.
C.E. credit
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 26, for 3.5 contact hours.
UC Davis Medical Center is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Registration
Please select a class date above and complete the registration form. If using a credit card, submit the registration form and phone in your credit card number to (916) 734-9790. If paying by check, please print the registration form, attach your check made payable to UC Regents dated for the date of the class, and mail to:
Center for Nursing Education
4900 Broadway, Suite 1630
Sacramento, CA 95820
Registrations are confirmed only if deposit or fee is provided with registration form.
UC Davis employees
$25 registration deposit. Registration deposit is returned upon completion of class. Cancellation must be requested five days prior to class date to receive deposit refund.
Community registrants
$52 registration fee. Refund must be requested five days prior to class date and will be subject to a $25 service charge.
Persons with disabilities
Individuals needing special accommodations may call the Center for Nursing Education at (916) 734-9790.
Parking
Parking is available in lot 25, approximately one block from the Broadway Building on 50th Street next to the M.I.N.D. Institute. Park with a UC Davis parking permit, or purchase a daily permit for $4.
Coordinator
Brian Underwood
Analyst II
Analyst II