A young adult woman will begin using an inhaled glucocorticoid to treat asthma. The nurse will teach this patient about the importance of which action?

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Like oral glucocorticoids, inhaled glucocorticoids can promote bone loss in premenopausal women. Patients should be encouraged to participate in weight-bearing exercises to help minimize this side effect. Patients should increase both their calcium and vitamin D intakes. Patients taking oral glucocorticoids need increased steroids in times of stress. It is not necessary to use two reliable forms of birth control.

A Young Adult Woman Will Begin Using an Inhaled Glucocorticoid