Any restriction of activities Compliance with a daily diary is enhanced if patients are clearly educated as to its importance in the management of asthma. An example of a patient diary is given below. The patient action plan is based on the patient's daily diary. This action plan can be formatted in a variety of ways. For example, recommendations for different medications can be correlated to symptoms or changes in peak flow rates.
Breathing is good with no cough, wheeze, or chest tightness during work, school, exercise, or play.
Continue with medications listed in your daily treatment plan. This plan is provided as an example to clinicians. Alternatively, the action plan can be further simplified by categorizing peak flow rates and symptoms into green, yellow and red zones, corresponding to usual care, caution and danger. For children, the physician should be prepared to provide a written asthma management plant for the student's school. R.N. This plan is provided as an example to clinicians.