The nurse plans to teach an adolescent about inhalation therapy as part of the treatment plan for the client's asthma. What does the best plan by the nurse include?
1. Inhalation therapy is effective because it provides around-the-clock therapy, as opposed to oral medications.
2. Inhalation therapy is the preferred treatment for adolescents because it is easier for them to manage.
3. Inhalation therapy is effective because it provides systemic relief of symptoms as well as local relief.
4. Inhalation therapy is effective because it goes to the direct site of action in the respiratory tract.
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Rationale 1: Inhalation therapy does not provide around-the-clock therapy.
Rationale 2: Inhalation therapy is used for adolescents because it is effective, not because it is easier for them to manage.
Rationale 3: Inhalation therapy does not provide systemic relief of symptoms.
Rationale 4: The major advantage of aerosol therapy is that it delivers the drugs to their direct site of action.
Global Rationale: The major advantage of aerosol therapy is that it delivers the drugs to their direct site of action. Inhalation therapy does not provide around-the-clock therapy. Inhalation therapy does not provide systemic relief of symptoms. Inhalation therapy is used for adolescents because it is effective, not because it is easier for them to manage. Inhalation therapy does not provide around-the-clock therapy. Inhalation therapy is used for adolescents because it is effective, not because it is easier for them to manage. Inhalation therapy does not provide systemic relief of symptoms.
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