Nicklaus Children's Hospital Receives Asthma-Friendly Hospital Award From the Florida Asthma Coalition
The Florida Asthma Coalition has recognized Nicklaus Children’s Hospital as an Asthma-Friendly Hospital, dedicated to creating a safe and healthy environment for patients with asthma.
Staff at Nicklaus Children’s completed all five criteria [Criterion 1 – Professional Development for Hospital Nurses and Respiratory Therapists on Asthma Management; Criterion 2 – Professional Development for Hospital Physicians on Asthma Management; Criterion 3 – Asthma Action Plan; Criterion 4 – Self-Management Education; Criterion 5 – Multi-Component Home Based Asthma Education] to be recognized as Asthma-Friendly.
Taking these steps helps the hospital create a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors, and staff. Asthma can be controlled by learning and avoiding asthma triggers and by taking medication as prescribed.
For more information on how a hospital can apply for this recognition program, click here.
About Nicklaus Children's Health System Where Your Child Matters Most™ (2026)
For more than 75 years, Nicklaus Children's Health System has stood as a beacon of hope for children and families across the state of Florida and beyond. Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children. Nicklaus Children's provides pediatric care across a growing network of hospital and community-based partnerships, including care within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center, select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units, and Nicklaus Children's Hospital Fort Lauderdale and Nicklaus Children's Hospital Coral Springs each located on the campuses of Broward Health. The hospitals and their network of more than 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin and Palm Beach counties. outpatient locations include an array of urgent care, pediatric primary care and subspecialty care centers and are either hospital-based or outpatient locations under Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS).Providing a pipeline of future physicians and groundbreaking research, Nicklaus Children's is an academic and clinical affiliate of the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Nicklaus Children's is home to centers of excellence including the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute and Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. The 474-bed system is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's also includes a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary with more than 40 pediatric specialties and an ambulatory surgery center. For more information, visit nicklauschildrens.org.
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