A High-School Student Regularly Forgets to Use a Twice-Daily Inhaled

question 13

Multiple Choice

A high-school student regularly forgets to use a twice-daily inhaled corticosteroid to prevent asthma flares and is repeatedly admitted to the hospital. The child's parent tells the nurse that the child has been told that forgetting to take the medication causes frequent hospitalizations. The nurse will:

• A) encourage the child to take responsibility for taking the medication.
• B) reinforce the need to take prescribed medications to avoid hospitalizations.
• C) suggest putting the inhaler with the child's toothbrush to use before brushing teeth.
• D) suggest that the child's parents administer the medication to increase compliance.

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