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A child recovering from a severe asthma attack is given oral prednisone 15 mg twice daily. what is the priority nursing intervention

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The priority nursing intervention would avoiding exposure of the child to infection. The explanation behind this is prednisone decreases the child's resistance to definite infectious progressions and, as an anti-inflammatory drug, covers infection. The child will self-limit action contingent on respiratory status. The eosinophil count is frequently reliably improved in children with asthma. The child will need sufficient hydration to help release and eject mucus.

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