Lauren
Wittwer,
DNP, RN, CPNP-PC
CPNP-PC
UNC Chapel Hill
Lauren Wittwer is a recent graduate of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at UNC Chapel Hill and is practicing as a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Holly Springs, NC. She is passionate about improving pediatric health care delivery in the primary care setting and has a particular interest in improving the delivery of asthma care.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, affecting more than 5.5 million children in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2017; CDC, 2019a). Over half of children diagnosed with asthma are classified as having uncontrolled disease, leading to emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and missed school days (CDC, 2015; CDC, 2019b; CDC, 2019c). Adherence to asthma guidelines leads to reduction in asthma morbidity (NAEPP, 2007).
In one North Carolina pediatric primary care clinic, providers expressed a desire to improve the clinic’s asthma care…