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nramada

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A nurse determines that the administration of a small-volume nebulizer or inhaler is immediately withheld if the client experiences:
 
  A. Coughing
  B. Dysrhythmias
  C. An inability to self-administer the medication
  D. An excessive need for a greater frequency than every 4 hours

Question 2

The nurse is administering a buccal medication. Which instruction should be given to the patient?
 
  a. Hold the medication under the tongue.
  b. Swallow the medication after 30 seconds.
  c. Chew the medication before swallowing.
  d. Hold the medication against the cheek membranes.



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yasmin

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Answer to Question 1

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B. Dysrhythmias could indicate systemic effects of nebulized medication and would require discontinuing the treatment.
A. Coughing would be assessed and recorded but would not necessarily require discontinuing the treatment.
C. Inability to self-administer might require changing the method of administration but would not require stopping treatment.
D. Frequency of nebulizer treatments would be determined by the provider's order.

Answer to Question 2

D
Buccal medication is placed between the upper or lower molar teeth and the cheek area and is allowed to dissolve. The sublingual route is used to administer medication under the tongue. Medication is dissolved rather than swallowed using the buccal route.




nramada

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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


mcabuhat

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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