Being Unprepared: A Grounded Theory of the Transition of Asthma Self-Care in College Students.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to conceptualize the basic social process of how college students transition from home-based asthma management to independent self-care management.

Design And Methods: Classical grounded theory was used to explore the transition of asthma self-care in college students. Seventeen college students with asthma from a Midwestern urban university were interviewed.

Perceptions of Pediatric Hospital Safety Culture in the United States: An Analysis of the 2016 Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

Introduction: Medical errors in the pediatric population can quickly cause harm. Research identified that hospitals with positive safety cultures work collaboratively to reduce errors. Strategies that identify gaps in hospital's safety culture within the pediatric milieu have not been initiated.

Implementation of an Asthma Self-Management Education Guideline in the Emergency Department: A Feasibility Study.

Patients often present to emergency departments (EDs) for the management of chronic asthma. Because of the nature of ED care, national guideline recommendations for asthma education are generally not initiated in the ED. There is evidence that asthma education can have a positive effect on patient outcomes (; ).

Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Overweight and Non-Overweight Children With Asthma.

Background: During the past two decades, the number of children and adolescents who are obese has more than doubled. Following this trend in childhood obesity, there has been an alarming increase in the number of children with asthma who are overweight.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the differences in quality of life (QOL) and health outcomes of obese and overweight children with asthma compared with normal-weight children with asthma using a descriptive comparative survey design.