The nurse explains to the client the different ways to administer inhalation mediations. Which administration technique should not be included in the teaching session?
1. Dry powder inhaler
2. Hypodermic syringe
3. Nebulizer
4. Metered dose inhaler
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Dry powder inhaler is incorrect because a DPI is a small device that is activated by the process of inhalation to deliver a fine powder directly to the bronchial tree. Turbohalers and rotahalers are types of DPIs.
Rationale 2: A hypodermic syringe is a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections.
Rationale 3: Nebulizer is incorrect because a nebulizer is a small machine that vaporizes a liquid drug into a fine mist that can be inhaled, often using a facemask.
Rationale 4: Metered dose inhaler is incorrect because MDIs use a propellant to deliver a measured dose of drugs to the lungs during each breath. The patient times the inhalation to the puffs of drug emitted from the MDI.
Global Rationale: A hypodermic syringe is a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections. Dry powder inhaler is incorrect because a DPI is a small device that is activated by the process of inhalation to deliver a fine powder directly to the bronchial tree. Turbohalers and rotahalers are types of DPIs. Nebulizer is incorrect because a nebulizer is a small machine that vaporizes a liquid drug into a fine mist that can be inhaled, often using a facemask. Metered dose inhaler is incorrect because MDIs use a propellant to deliver a measured dose of drugs to the lungs during each breath. The patient times the inhalation to the puffs of drug emitted from the MDI.
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