A 10-year-old patient presents to the school nurse following a class party complaining of pain, arm swelling, and a swollen mouth after a bee sting. Lungs are clear with good air movement. Which action does the nurse take first?

The nurse is reviewing a patient’s medications during discharge. Which further education can the nurse provide regarding spironolactone when the patient asks, “I thought that I took a furosemide pill for my water?”

The 20-year-old patient with asthma presents to the emergency department with increased work of breathing and severe wheezing after exposure to household dust and mold. The patient used the albuterol inhaler 6 times in the previous 4 hours with minimal relief. Upon inspection, the nurse notes extensive accessory respiratory muscle use with moderate supraclavicular retractions and nasal flaring. The nurse auscultates expiratory wheezing in all lung fields. The patient is afebrile, normotensive, significantly tachypneic, and mildly tachycardic. The chest x-ray is clear. The nurse prepares to administer which medication first?