The nurse is providing education for a patient who has cystic fibrosis and has recently begun therapy with inhaled dornase alfa (Pulmozyme). What statement by the patient best demonstrates understanding?
a. "It will help to thin my sputum."
b. "It will help to widen the bronchioles."
c. "It will expand collapsed alveoli."
d. "It will need to be taken every other day."
ANS: A
Dornase alfa works by thinning the sputum.
Dornase alfa does not dilate the bronchioles or expand collapsed alveoli.
Dornase alfa must be taken every day for life, not every other day.
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