expectorants are in chapter 36 mechanism of action important to remember it's going to thin and loosen bronchial secretions to make mobilization easier so this is going to allow our patient to cough up and spit out those secretions okay it has direct stimulation of the secretory glands of the respiratory drive so therapeutic effects is mobilization and exfoliation of pulmonary secretions again they can cough it up spit it out indications is chest congestion associated with the common cold maybe if the patient has bronchitis or influenza and then contraindications pretty much would only be if the patient had a drug allergy the side effects are generally minimal but nausea vomiting could be a couple of those and then nursing actions we're going to monitor for therapeutic and side effects as always important to remember with this okay um the expectorants we thin and loosen those bronchial secretions to make mobilization easier but we also as a nursing action as we can help the patient increase their fluid intake as tolerated doing that aids and liquefying the secretions liquefying the secretions makes it even more easier to mobilize and cough and spit them out okay so patient education recheck for cough greater than one week and or worsening and then the examples in the drug class the only prototype uh you'll need to remember for this is guy feneson guy feneson which is robotsum or mucinex but guy feneson is the generic prototype name you will need to know