Pharm Chpt 55
The nurse assesses the serum theophylline of a patient. Which finding would the nurse identify as being therapeutic?
15 mcg/mL
The asthmatic client 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 patient is experiencing an acute asthma attack. What is the first-line therapy for relief of an acute asthma attack?
Beta2-adrenergic agonist
The nurse should complete which of the following during acute breathing distress before initiation of a broncodilator? Select all that apply:
Check blood pressure. Check pulse. Check respiratory rate
Which agents would the nurse identify as selectively and competitively blocking the receptors for the production of two substances that are components of SRSA?
Leukotriene receptor antagonists
The nurse is evaluating the education of a client that uses albuterol for an acute asthma attack. The nurse knows that the lesson has been effective when the client states that albuterol is which of the following types of medication?
SABA
A male client was using nicotine patch to stop smoking when he was started on theophylline for emphysema. He has successfully stop smoking and has stopped using his nicotine patch. Which would be warranted?
Theophylline dose should be decreased
After teaching a group of students about drugs as bronchodilators, the instructor determines that the teaching has been successful when the students identify which group of drugs as once being first-line agents?
Xanthines
A patient is given theophylline to treat acute asthma symptoms. Which of the following foods should the patient avoid?
chocolate
A nurse is providing education to a 56-year-old man who is admitted to the emergency department with an acute asthma attack. The nurse's initial assessment reveals that the patient has a history of pneumonia, drinks large quantities of coffee, and eats a high-calorie diet. Albuterol is prescribed for him. The important consideration when the nurse is preparing a teaching plan will be that the patient
has a high coffee intake
A history of an allergy to which would be a contraindication to the use of anticholinergics? (Select all that apply.)
soy and peanuts
