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The nurse is caring for an orthopedic surgical client with mild intermittent asthma. During the second postoperative day, the client has an asthma attack while eating lunch. The nurse expects the health care provider to give an order for:
 
  1. subcutaneous epinephrine.
  2. a short-acting selective beta-agonist inhaler.
  3. an oral corticosteroid.
  4. theophylline.

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