Asthma Quiz: Can You Manage The Attack?

1. A patient on inhaled corticosteroids reports hoarseness and oral thrush. What is the best prevention strategy?

Use a spacer and rinse mouth after each dose

Discontinue the inhaled corticosteroid

Switch to oral corticosteroids

Increase inhaler frequency

2. Which patient education point is most important for asthma self-management?

Recognize early warning signs and have an action plan

Use rescue inhalers as often as needed without limits

Avoid all physical activity

Stop maintenance medications once symptoms resolve

3. Which clinical sign suggests status asthmaticus (life-threatening exacerbation)?

Mild dyspnea with wheezing

Silent chest, altered mental status, inability to speak

Productive cough with clear sputum

Mild tachycardia (HR 90 bpm)

4. True or False: Emotional stress is a known asthma trigger.

True

False

5. A patient is prescribed a combination inhaler (ICS/LABA). What patient education is essential?

Use it only during acute attacks

Use it twice daily as maintenance, even when symptom-free

Rinse mouth after use to prevent fungal infection

Both B and C

6. True or False: Aspirin and NSAIDs are safe for all patients with asthma.

True

False

7. Which peak flow reading indicates mild asthma exacerbation?

80–100% of personal best

50–80% of personal best

Cannot be measured during exacerbation

8. A patient uses a short-acting beta-2 agonist more than 2 days per week. What nursing action is most appropriate?

Recommend stepping up to a long-term control medication

Teach the patient to increase rescue inhaler frequency

Discontinue all asthma medications

Switch to oral corticosteroids only

9. Which medication is a quick-relief (rescue) agent for acute asthma symptoms?

Albuterol (salbutamol)

Fluticasone

Montelukast

Theophylline

10. Which assessment finding indicates severe asthma exacerbation?

Ability to speak full sentences, peak flow 50–80% predicted

Inability to speak, peak flow

Mild wheezing bilaterally, normal speech

Occasional cough, normal oxygen saturation

11. Match each asthma classification with its daily symptom frequency.

Intermittent asthma

Mild persistent asthma

Moderate persistent asthma

Severe persistent asthma

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12. What is the primary pathophysiologic mechanism in acute asthma exacerbation?

Bronchial smooth muscle constriction and airway inflammation

Permanent loss of alveolar elasticity

Decreased hemoglobin oxygen-carrying capacity

Pulmonary fibrosis progression

13. Which lab value or test is most useful in assessing asthma control?

Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)

Serum glucose level

Complete blood count

Liver function tests

14. True or False: Asthma is a reversible airway obstruction disease.

True

False

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16. Select all risk factors that increase asthma exacerbation severity.

Viral respiratory infection

Air pollution exposure

Obesity

Regular exercise

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17. Select all medications classified as long-term control agents for asthma.

Inhaled corticosteroids

Long-acting beta-2 agonists

Ipratropium bromide

Albuterol

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Asthma Quiz: Can You Manage the Attack?

1. A patient on inhaled corticosteroids reports hoarseness and oral thrush. What is the best prevention strategy?

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What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Which patient education point is most important for asthma self-management?

3. Which clinical sign suggests status asthmaticus (life-threatening exacerbation)?

4. True or False: Emotional stress is a known asthma trigger.

5. A patient is prescribed a combination inhaler (ICS/LABA). What patient education is essential?

6. True or False: Aspirin and NSAIDs are safe for all patients with asthma.

7. Which peak flow reading indicates mild asthma exacerbation?

8. A patient uses a short-acting beta-2 agonist more than 2 days per week. What nursing action is most appropriate?

9. Which medication is a quick-relief (rescue) agent for acute asthma symptoms?

10. Which assessment finding indicates severe asthma exacerbation?

11. Match each asthma classification with its daily symptom frequency.

12. What is the primary pathophysiologic mechanism in acute asthma exacerbation?

13. Which lab value or test is most useful in assessing asthma control?

14. True or False: Asthma is a reversible airway obstruction disease.

15. During an acute asthma attack, the priority nursing intervention is to ____.

16. Select all risk factors that increase asthma exacerbation severity.

17. Select all medications classified as long-term control agents for asthma.

18. A patient's initial asthma attack is triggered by ____.

19. The correct technique for using a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) includes ____.

20. The stepwise approach to asthma management based on severity is used to ____.