When should the nurse instruct an older patient with asthma to use a peak flow meter? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. After eating dinner in the evening
2. If feeling like cold symptoms are occurring
3. When wheezing or tightness in the chest occurs
4. In the morning after awakening and between noon and 2 p.m.
5. Every day for the first 2 weeks when medication treatment changes
2,3,4,5
Rationale: The nurse should instruct an older patient with asthma to use a peak flow meter with cold symptoms, chest tightness or wheezing in the morning after awakening, between noon and 2 p.m., and every day for the first 2 weeks when medication treatment changes. It does not need to be used after eating dinner in the evening.
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