Asthma education through the eyes of your patients

April 24, 2024

In this webinar, Asthma NZ nurse educators Bekitemba Maseko and Ann Wheat highlight the importance of asthma action plans.

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This video is a recording of a live webinar hosted by Mobile Health. Asthma NZ nurse educators Bekitemba Maseko and Ann Wheat highlight the importance of asthma action plans and provide practical advice resulting from real-case scenarios.

Presenters:

Bekitemba Maseko is an Asthma NZ nurse manager with 20 years’ experience in hospital and residential care facilities. Holding a diploma in general nursing and applied mental health, Bekitemba has educated thousands of asthma patients. With an acute understanding of what drives behavioural change and self-management when it comes to asthma, he keeps 87 per cent of his patients out of hospital and enables them to live well with asthma.
Ann Wheat is an Asthma NZ nurse trainer and a registered general and obstetric nurse. Post-graduation, Ann worked as a practice nurse for 25 years and recently retired as nurse manager at Asthma NZ. She is a member of the Unitec nursing advisory board, GSK advisory board, and Pharmac’s advisory board. She is a guest lecturer in nursing and pharmacy programmes with more than 20 years’ experience in asthma education.

Options for recording your CPD activities and hours include:

  • the Nursing Council’s MyNC  “continuing competence tab”
  • the council’s “professional development activities template” (you can download a PDF from this page)
  • the app “Ascribe” which can be found on Google Play or the App Store.
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