A nurse counsels a patient using two different types of asthma inhalers: a short-acting beta2 agonist and a corticosteroid. When the patient questions the purpose of the steroid inhaler, the nurse's best response would be that glucocorticoids
a. work rapidly in acute attacks.
b. are used as prophylaxis for chronic asthma.
c. help prevent respiratory infections.
d. are used only when exposed to environmental allergens.
ANS: B
Glucocorticoids are used for prophylaxis of chronic asthma.
The short-acting inhaled beta2 agonist, not the glucocorticoid, is for an acute asthma attack.
Glucocorticoids do not help prevent respiratory infections and are not used for exposure to allergens.
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