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       Risks involved to set-up 24 hours Asthma service for young peopl
       e?
       By: admini5 Date: April 16, 2015, 5:50 am
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       What are the risks involved for 24 hours Asthma service for
       young people?
       After considering the risks associated with this initiative, the
       following mitigating actions were implemented:
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       undertook competency-based training, which has been updated
       annually.
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       nurses to follow when assessing and treating children and young
       people. The use of these is tracked and monitored and case
       discussions are held with the nurses. The protocols are reviewed
       annually and updated when required by the asthma/allergy
       specialist nurse, a paediatrician and a community pharmacist.
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       training schedule and competencies and the patient assessment
       and treatment protocols are agreed by the integrated clinical
       effectiveness committee.
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       All patient assessment and treatment documentation is
       evidence-based, from the BTS-SIGN guidelines on the management
       of asthma (BTS-SIGN 2012). Additionally all protocols and PGD
       were peer-assessed by the clinical effectiveness group.
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       phone for the nurses to contact if advice is needed. However,
       because the protocols have proved to be clear to follow and
       because case discussion is encouraged, it is mainly nurses who
       are new to the service who telephone the specialist nurse for
       advice.
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       made to ensure nurse safety when visiting out of hours. Nurses
       all carry ‘lone worker devices’: a communication device that
       allows the nurse to alert a call centre if they get into
       difficulty/danger during a visit.
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