If a child requires a nebulizer due to an illness I will not administer and would more than likely require the child to remain home but if a child was medically diagnosed with asthma, I would absolutely administer a nebulizer.

I've only had 2 or 3 kids in all my years that required a nebulizer and all of them were able to mostly do it themselves. I would get everything ready and they would sit in a chair and hold the mask or mouth piece themselves. They were used to it as it was part of their regular daily lives.

I wouldn't feel comfortable if the child was an infant but the couple times I have had experiences with nebulizers, I had no issues. So I guess for me it would be a case by case thing.

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