The nurse plans care for the patient who has asthma and receives albuterol nebulizer therapy. The patient's respiratory rate is 34 breaths per minute, and breath sounds reveal wheezing throughout both lung fields
Which outcome is the nurse's priority for this patient within 24 hours? a. The patient self-administers the medica-tion using the nebulizer.
b. The patient correctly describes the use of a small-volume nebulizer.
c. The patient recites side effects and clinical indicators to report.
d. The patient's respiratory rate falls to an acceptble level.
D
Airway and breathing are usually at the top of patient priorities; thus the nurse works to improve the patient's respiratory status first. Self-administration is contraindicated for the patient during an acute episode. Describing the use of a nebulizer and verbalizing information are indicated be-fore discharge and not during an acute episode.
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