The patient is receiving high-dose prednisone for an acute flare up of rheumatoid arthritis. Which adverse event is associated with high-dose prednisone? Select all that apply.

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? 

The patient with chronic renal failure has been prescribed erythropoietin. The nurse informs the patient the drug has which intended effect?