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PhilipSeeMore

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on: Jul 16, 2018
To minimize a patient's infection risk between drug treatments with a small-volume jet nebulizer (SVN), what would you do?
 
  a. Rinse the SVN with sterile water; air dry.
  b. Carefully repackage the SVN in its wet state.
  c. Rinse the SVN with tap water; run until dry.
  d. Throw out the SVN after every treatment.

Question 2

A patient with an acute exacerbation of asthma is not responding to the standard dose and fre-quency of an aerosolized bronchodilator and is now receiving small-volume jet nebulizer (SVN) therapy every 30 min.
 
  Which of the following would you recommend to the patient's physician at this time?
  a. Discontinue the aerosolized bronchodila-tor.
  b. Increase the frequency of SVN therapy to every 10 min.
  c. Consider continuous nebulization of the drug.
  d. Add more diluent to the SVN to extend treatment time.


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javimendoza7

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that nebulizers be cleaned and dis-infected, or rinsed with sterile water, and air-dried between uses.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
An alternative approach is to provide continuous nebulization with a specialized large-volume nebulizer.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Excellent

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