History of hypertension and asthma

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John Franklin is a 35-year-old African American male who has a history of hypertension and asthma who smokes ½ pack per day (ppd) since the age of eighteen. He began to feel shorter of breath after supper today and began to have a persistent nonproductive cough. He ran out of his albuterol inhaler two months ago and has audible expiratory wheezing when he comes to the triage window of the emergency department (ED).John is promptly brought to a room in the ED and you are the nurse responsible for his care. In addition to the albuterol inhaler he also takes furosemide 20 mg PO daily and Lisinopril 5 mg PO daily for his hypertension. He has not taken his dose today.

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