(Answers)-NCN 1040-Assessment-Module 7-Online Nursing Assignment Help

1. An older adult patient is discussing the treatment for a common cold with the nurse. He asks, “This cold won’t go away. When do I need to call my doctor?” What is the nurse’s best answer?

2. A patient is recovering from an emergency exploratory laparotomy because of an abdominal mass. He had a cold before his surgery and is now coughing up large amounts of whitish sputum. He is on a clear liquid diet and receiving intravenous fluids. He asks the nurse for something to make him stop coughing. The nurse reviews the medication sheet and sees both an expectorant and an antitussive ordered. Which medication would be the best choice at this time? Explain your answer.

1. A patient was prescribed an oral leukotriene receptor antagonist 1 month ago. At today’s follow-up appointment, he tells the nurse, “I don’t think this pill works. I took it when I was short of breath, but it did not help.” What is the nurse’s priority action when answering this patient’s concerns?

2. A 13-year-old student is taken to the school clinic because he started to have an asthma attack while running outside in the cold air. The school nurse has two metered-dose inhalers on file for him: fluticasone and albuterol. Which inhaler is the priority at this time? Explain your answer.