Nebulization script - nursing PDF

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A nebulizer is a small machine that turns liquid medicine into a mist. You sit with the machine and breathe in through a connected mouthpiece. Medicine goes into your lungs as you take slow, deep breaths for 10 to 15 minutes. It is easy and pleasant to breathe the medicine into your lungs this way.N...

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A nebulizer is a small machine that turns liquid medicine into a mist. You sit with the machine and breathe in through a connected mouthpiece. Medicine goes into your lungs as you take slow, deep breaths for 10 to 15 minutes. It is easy and pleasant to breathe the medicine into your lungs this way.

Nebulizer treatment relaxes the breathing muscles and permits air to flow more easily in and out of the lungs. It also helps to loosen mucous in the lungs. Both of these benefits of nebulizer treatment help to decrease and prevent wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing, and tightness in the chest. The nebulizer solution is usually used three or four times a day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Use albuterol exactly as directed. Do not use more or less of it or use it more often than prescribed by your doctor Nebulizers are easy to use because there isn't much to do — just place the mouthpiece in your mouth or the mask over your nose and mouth, and breathe in the medicine. But nebulizers take at least 5 or 10 minutes to get the medicine into the lungs and sometimes even longer. This is because medications that are taken orally have to be broken down by the digestive system first before they enter the bloodstream and circulate to where they need to be. In contrast, medications that are inhaled via a nebulizer bypass the digestive system and head immediately to the source of inflammation — providing much faster relief. Using a nebulizer is as easy as breathing. All you need to do is find a comfortable place to sit, measure your medication and place it into your nebulizer unit and begin your treatment by breathing in and out

Nebulizers are excellent options for treating the following respiratory conditions:    

Asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Bronchitis Seasonal allergies

1. Effective Medication a. Delivery Nebulizers are medical supplies that send medications right into your lungs, where you need it most. Unlike systemic medications that take a while to pass through your gastrointestinal tract to your bloodstream, nebulizers work extremely quickly to directly benefit the respiratory tract. Albuterol is a popular bronchodilator, and can start to work in just about five minutes when in nebulizer form 2. Prevention

a. Nebulizer treatments are able to prevent respiratory problems from developing initially or getting worse. They are also effective at treating acute breathing emergencies. Longterm bronchodilators that you use every day, for example, can keep the bronchial tubes open. 3. Ease of Use a. Nebulizers are, quite simply, easy to use. Unlike inhalers, which require a person to breathe in when releasing the medication, the medication contained in a nebulizer treatment will flow on a continuous basis. This means you are able to breathe normally during treatment. 4. Fewer Side Effects a. Nebulizer therapy slashes the risk of side effects compared with taking oral versions of the same medications. Nebulizers also feature a reduced risk of short-term side effects such as tremors, headache, or rapid heartbeat....