A nurse is quizzing a nursing student who is preparing to care for a patient with cystic fibrosis. The patient uses inhaled tobramycin [TOBI], dornase alfa [Pulmozyme], ibuprofen, and salmeterol [Serevent Diskus]. Which statement by the student indicates understanding of this patient's drug regimen?
a. "Dornase alfa is used as needed to decrease viscosity of sputum."
b. "Ibuprofen is used to minimize pleuritic pain associated with coughing."
c. "Salmeterol acts by causing bronchodilation and improving ciliary function."
d. "Tobramycin is given via a metered-dose inhaler to avoid systemic side effects."

c. "Salmeterol acts by causing bronchodilation and improving ciliary function."

Explanation:

Since the patient is suffering from Cystic Fibrosis. The patient uses inhaled tobramycin [TOBI], dornase alfa [Pulmozyme], ibuprofen, and salmeterol [Serevent Diskus].

He should take a drug like Salmeterol that would improve his ciliary function by causing bronchodilation.

this disease is :

* endemic (present in a defined area that is a village)

* a bacterial infection (treated with antibiotic)

* communicable by contact (by the hands)

manu-porterage is the most common mode of transmission, it transmits germs from one individual to another via the hands. this concerns infections of exogenous origin.

endemic disease, or endemic disease, refers to a disease that is constantly present in a given population, often tied to a specific geographic origin, as opposed to a pandemic that is not a sporadic disease.

antibiotics are molecules that have the property of killing (bactericidal) or limiting the spread (bacteriostatic) of bacteria.