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A nurse is teaching the parent of a child who has severe reac-tive airway disease about glucocorticoid therapy. The parent asks why her child has to inhale the medication instead of taking it orally. Which of the following information should the nurse provide the parent? - CORRECT ANSWER Oral glucocorticoids are more like to slow linear growth in children. (Chronic use of oral glucocorticoids in high doses by children can result in decreased linear growth. but this wont happen with inhaled because the drug goes straight to the lungs without traveling (pill form) to kidneys d) inhaled glucocorticoids are more effective for acute bron-chospasm INCORRECT b/c inhaled gluc are not rescue meds. the pt should use an inhaled bronchodilator like albuterol first in-stead then the gluco. A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has come to the family planning clinic requesting an intrauterine device (IUD). Which of the following information should the nurse