Primary Health Care Nurses Day on 4 February recognises the important role that primary health care nurses play in our health system, improving the health and wellbeing of communities nationwide.
Primary health care nurses provide essential asthma care.
Primary health care nurses have an important role to play in promoting optimal asthma management so that people with asthma can live full productive lives. Primary health care nurses are often the first point of contact for patients and play a crucial role providing practical care in community health, schools, aged care and general practice settings. These settings all present valuable opportunities for conversations with people with asthma and/or their carers to proactively make a difference.
Primary health care incorporates personal care with health promotion, the prevention of illness and community development, includes the interconnecting principles of equity, access, empowerment, community self-determination and inter-sectoral collaboration; and encompasses an understanding of the social, economic, cultural and political determinants of health.
Primary health care nurses enable optimal asthma care by:
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About Primary Health Care Nurses Day
How to videos (medication/device technique demonstration)
