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A 25-year-old woman comes to the clinic because of a chronic, nonproductive cough. assessment reveals that she has a history of asthma and dextromethorphan, (robitussin) is prescribed for her. the nurse will question this order because

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A 25-year-old woman comes to the clinic because of a chronic, nonproductive cough.Assessment reveals that she has a history of asthma and dextrmethophan, (Robitussin) is prescribed for her. The nurse nurse will question this order because secretions may be retained. Dextromethorphan is a drug of the morphinan class that is used to treat coughing. 
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