A patient who is being discharged today is going home with an inhaler. The patient is to administer 2 puffs of his inhaler twice daily. The inhaler contains 200 puffs. When should the nurse appropriately advise the patient to refill his medication?
a. As soon as he leaves the hospital
b. When the inhaler is half empty
c. 6 weeks from the start of using the inhaler
d. 50 days after discharge
ANS: C
The inhaler should last the patient 50 days; the nurse should advise the patient to refill the prescription when he has 7 to 10 days of medication remaining. Refilling it as soon as he leaves the hospital or when the inhaler is half empty is too early. If the patient waits 50 days, the patient will run out of medication before it can be refilled.
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