Asthma

A physician orders triamcinolone and salmeterol for a client with a history of asthma. What action should the nurse take when administering these drugs?

Administer the salmeterol and then administer the triamcinolone.

The client has been diagnosed with asthma and is being treated with two inhalers, albuterol and flunisolide. The nurse teaches the client that the two medications should be administered in what order?

Albuterol first, wait five minutes and then follow with flunisolide

A client with asthma is being treated with albuterol. Which of the findings from the client's history would indicate to the nurse the need to administer this drug with caution?

Angina

A child is brought to the emergency department with an asthma attack. Assessment revealed the use of accessory muscles, a weak cough, audible wheezing sound, moist skin, and tachycardia. Which drug will the nurse anticipate administering first?

Short-acting beta 2-adrenergic agonists such as albuterol (SABA)

Which factor is most likely to precipitate an asthmatic attack in a child with a diagnosis of extrinsic, or atopic, asthma?

Pet dander

Pain is an expected assessment finding in clients who have which lung disease?

Pleuritis

The nurse is caring for a child who has been admitted with a diagnosis of asthma. What laboratory/diagnostic tool would likely have been used for this child?

Pulmonary functions test

As status asthmaticus worsens, the nurse would expect which acid-base imbalance?

Respiratory acidosis

The health care provider has prescribed beclomethasone for long term control of asthma. The nurse is most correct to advise the client that beclomethasone is a:

corticosteroid

The nurse at a camp for children with asthma is teaching these children about the medications they are taking and how to properly take them. The nurse recognizes that many medications used on a daily basis for the treatment of asthma are given by which method?

Using a nebulizer