A previously healthy client is hospitalized with left lower lobe (LLL) bacterial pneumonia. The nurse assesses chest pain with inspiration, productive cough of thick rusty sputum, and LLL fine inspiratory crackles and low-pitched expiratory wheezing. Which of the medications that the health care provider prescribes should the nurse question?
a. Furosemide 20 mg intravenous (IV) push every day
b. Guaifenesin ER 600 mg PO every 12 hours
c. Ibuprofen 600 mg PO every 6 hours PRN
d. Levofloxacin 500 mg IV every day
Ans: a. Furosemide 20 mg intravenous (IV) push every day
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