A resident in a long-term care facility diagnosed with COPD has a new medication order for indacaterol. When the nurse is providing education to the resident regarding this medication, information will include that
a. it is a short-acting beta antagonist.
b. the patient should wait approximately 5 minutes between inhalations.
c. onset of action is within 5 minutes.
d. duration of action is about 12 hours.
ANS: C
Onset of action is within 5 minutes. Indacaterol is an ultra-long-acting beta 2 agonist.
Patients using inhaled bronchodilators should wait approximately 10 minutes. Duration of action is about 24 hours.
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