{"id":20148,"date":"2003-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-04-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/"},"modified":"2003-04-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-04-21T05:00:00","slug":"nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing&#8217;s West Nebraska Division plans asthma awareness event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>The UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff and community partners will hold the Third Annual Asthma Awareness event Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, which is open to the public, will offer free asthma screenings and education at the Monument Mall in Scottsbluff, 2302 Frontage Road.<\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"260\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\"><br \/>\n<B><br \/>\nWhat is asthma?<br \/>\n<\/B><br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\nAsthma is a chronic, inflammatory lung disease characterized by recurrent breathing problems. During an asthma attack, the lining of the airways swells, muscles around the airways tighten and mucus clogs the tiny airways in the lungs, making breathing difficult.<br \/>\n<\/P><br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\nSponsors of the event are the college, LINCARE, Inc., Panhandle Community Services, the Nebraska Student Nurses Association, Lakhman Gondalia, M.D. of the Wyoming Chest and Allergy Clinic, Cheyenne, Wyo., and other area health providers. <\/p>\n<p>The event will include educational children&#8217;s activities. Prize drawings will be held. At 2 p.m., a release of 100 balloons into the air will signify lifting the burden of asthma.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Rodehorst, Ph.D., assistant professor, and Jan Judy, assistant professor, both of the UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division, said the purpose of the event is to increase awareness of the burden of asthma and the need to improve asthma care. Free lung function tests for screening of asthma will be available, as well as education, including what the common triggers of asthma are, asthma medications, use of peak flow monitor and signs and symptoms of asthma.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a lot to be done to educate our community about asthma so those with asthma can control it and live active lives,&#8221; Dr. Rodehorst said. &#8220;Despite the new National Institutes of Health asthma guidelines drafted by experts around the country, there are patients who don&#8217;t get the recommended asthma management and treatment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> It is estimated that 150 million people worldwide suffer from asthma, making it one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide. Left untreated, asthma often leads to hospitalization, absenteeism from school and work, limitations on physical activity, and, in some cases, death.<\/p>\n<p>Information about asthma is available at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhlbi.nih.gov\/health\/prof\/lung\/asthma\/wad\/index.htm\" target=\"_blanK\" rel=\"noopener\">www.nhlbi.nih.gov\/health\/prof\/lung\/asthma\/wad\/index.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff and community partners will hold the Third Annual Asthma Awareness event Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, which is open to the public, will offer free asthma screenings and education at the Monument Mall in Scottsbluff, 2302 Frontage Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","department-unmc-today-todays-headlines","author_override-vicky-cerino-unmc-public-affairs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nursing&#039;s West Nebraska Division plans asthma awareness event<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff and community partners will hold the Third Annual Asthma Awareness event Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, which is open to the public, will offer free asthma screenings and education at the Monument Mall in Scottsbluff, 2302 Frontage Road.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nursing&#039;s West Nebraska Division plans asthma awareness event\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff and community partners will hold the Third Annual Asthma Awareness event Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, which is open to the public, will offer free asthma screenings and education at the Monument Mall in Scottsbluff, 2302 Frontage Road.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2003-04-21T05:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Victoria Cerino\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Victoria Cerino\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Victoria Cerino\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/c89f4ff647cb6f00d119f1f37d4ab143\"},\"headline\":\"Nursing&#8217;s West Nebraska Division plans asthma awareness event\",\"datePublished\":\"2003-04-21T05:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/\"},\"wordCount\":360,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/\",\"name\":\"Nursing's West Nebraska Division plans asthma awareness event\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2003-04-21T05:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"The UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff and community partners will hold the Third Annual Asthma Awareness event Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, which is open to the public, will offer free asthma screenings and education at the Monument Mall in Scottsbluff, 2302 Frontage Road.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nursing&#8217;s West Nebraska Division plans asthma awareness event\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":153,\"caption\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/unmc\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/c89f4ff647cb6f00d119f1f37d4ab143\",\"name\":\"Victoria Cerino\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/9bf31c7ff062936a96d3c8bd1f8f2ff3\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nursing's West Nebraska Division plans asthma awareness event","description":"The UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff and community partners will hold the Third Annual Asthma Awareness event Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, which is open to the public, will offer free asthma screenings and education at the Monument Mall in Scottsbluff, 2302 Frontage Road.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nursing's West Nebraska Division plans asthma awareness event","og_description":"The UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff and community partners will hold the Third Annual Asthma Awareness event Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, which is open to the public, will offer free asthma screenings and education at the Monument Mall in Scottsbluff, 2302 Frontage Road.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/","og_site_name":"Newsroom","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","article_published_time":"2003-04-21T05:00:00+00:00","author":"Victoria Cerino","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@unmc","twitter_site":"@unmc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Victoria Cerino","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/"},"author":{"name":"Victoria Cerino","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/c89f4ff647cb6f00d119f1f37d4ab143"},"headline":"Nursing&#8217;s West Nebraska Division plans asthma awareness event","datePublished":"2003-04-21T05:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/"},"wordCount":360,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/","name":"Nursing's West Nebraska Division plans asthma awareness event","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website"},"datePublished":"2003-04-21T05:00:00+00:00","description":"The UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff and community partners will hold the Third Annual Asthma Awareness event Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, which is open to the public, will offer free asthma screenings and education at the Monument Mall in Scottsbluff, 2302 Frontage Road.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/04\/21\/nursings-west-nebraska-division-plans-asthma-awareness-event\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nursing&#8217;s West Nebraska Division plans asthma awareness event"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","name":"Newsroom","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization","name":"University of Nebraska Medical Center","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","width":500,"height":153,"caption":"University of Nebraska Medical Center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","https:\/\/x.com\/unmc","https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/c89f4ff647cb6f00d119f1f37d4ab143","name":"Victoria Cerino","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/9bf31c7ff062936a96d3c8bd1f8f2ff3\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}