ATI Pharmacology Made Easy 4.0: The Respiratory System 2 Answers with Rationales

ATI Pharmacology Made Easy 4.0: The Respiratory System 2 Answers with Rationales A nurse is teaching a client who is beginning fluticasone propionate/salmeterol therapy. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? A. take the drug as needed for acute asthma B. follow a low sodium diet C. use an alternate-day dosing schedule D. increase weight bearing activity - D. increase weight bearing activity RATIONALE: weight bearing activity can help minimize bone loss, which is an adverse effect of fluticasone propionate/salmeterol, an inhaled glucocorticoid and inhaled LABA combination medication A nurse is caring for a patient who is having difficulty mobilizing thick respiratory secretions. Which of the following drugs should the nurse expect to administer to the client? A. ipratropium B. beclomethasone C. acetylcysteine D. azelastine - C. acetylcysteine RATIONALE acetylcysteine is a mucolytic that loosens thick respiratory secretions A nurse is caring for a client who is taking codeine. The nurse should identify that which of the following assessments is priority to make? A. blood pressure B. apical heart rate C. respirations D. level of consciousness - C. respirations RATIONALE: the greatest risk to clients who are taking codeien, an opioid agonist, is severe respiratory depression. Therefore, the respiratory rate is the priority assessment. A nurse is teaching a client about the use of antihistamines to treat allergic rhinitis. The nurse should explain that these drugs are effective because they perform which of the following actions? A. decrease viscosity of nasal secretions B. block H2 receptors C. prevent histamine from binding to receptors D. reduce nasal congestion - C. prevent histamine from binding to receptors RATIONALE: antihistamines treat allergic rhinitis and reduce swelling by blocking histamine from binding to the receptor sites Legal restrictions apply to the purchase of pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) because of which of the following risks? A. respiratory depression B. drug abuse C. drug tolerance D. rebound congestion - B. drug abuse