<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><bold>Introduction.</bold> Due to their dynamic character, allergic conditions pose challenges for modern medicine and constitute a public health problem. Nearly 40% of the general Polish population is estimated to suffer from an allergy. We would like to emphasize that allergies are not some extraordinary ailments; instead, they commonly coincide with or are complications of other systemic conditions. Hence, national health policies should prioritize the development and implementation of ready-to-use protocols that focus mainly on prevention rather than treatment.</p><p><bold>Conclusions.</bold> In an outpatient setting the care for individuals who suffer from allergies is facilitated by therapeutic teams. Allergy nurses play a special role in this framework, with the scope of their professional duties including diagnostic procedures, treatment, being a mediator for patient education initiated by the therapeutic team. This article focuses on three important types of allergy nurses‘ responsibilities: diagnostic procedures (e.g. skin prick tests), therapeutic procedures (allergen-specific immunotherapy), and selected aspects of medical record-keeping.</p></abstract>

Introduction. Due to their dynamic character, allergic conditions pose challenges for modern medicine and constitute a public health problem. Nearly 40% of the general Polish population is estimated to suffer from an allergy. We would like to emphasize that allergies are not some extraordinary ailments; instead, they commonly coincide with or are complications of other systemic conditions. Hence, national health policies should prioritize the development and implementation of ready-to-use protocols that focus mainly on prevention rather than treatment.Conclusions. In an outpatient setting the care for individuals who suffer from allergies is facilitated by therapeutic teams. Allergy nurses play a special role in this framework, with the scope of their professional duties including diagnostic procedures, treatment, being a mediator for patient education initiated by the therapeutic team. This article focuses on three important types of allergy nurses‘ responsibilities: diagnostic procedures (e.g. skin prick tests), therapeutic procedures (allergen-specific immunotherapy), and selected aspects of medical record-keeping.

Selected aspects of allergy nursing

Department of Pediatric and Neonatal Diseases

Center of Postgraduate Education for Nurses and Midwives

Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Introduction. Due to their dynamic character, allergic conditions pose challenges for modern medicine and constitute a public health problem. Nearly 40% of the...

Selected aspects of allergy nursing

Published Online: Jun 22, 2020

Page range: 122 - 129

Received: Sep 10, 2019

Accepted: Oct 21, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2020-0013

Keywords
allergy, medical records, allergen-specific immunotherapy, allergy nursing, skin prick test

© 2020 Edyta Krzych-Fałta et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Selected aspects of allergy nursing

Published Online: Jun 22, 2020

Page range: 122 - 129

Received: Sep 10, 2019

Accepted: Oct 21, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2020-0013

Keywordsallergy, medical records, allergen-specific immunotherapy, allergy nursing, skin prick test

© 2020 Edyta Krzych-Fałta et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
allergy, medical records, allergen-specific immunotherapy, allergy nursing, skin prick test