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Diagnosis and Interventions Based on Deborah Smith, what potential condition might she have? Identify two priority nursing action and two parameters to monitor based on those nursing diagnosis. Deborah Smith is an 76-year-old female who has had a productive cough of green phlegm that started four days ago that persists. She was started three days ago on prednisone 40 mg PO daily and azithromycin (Zithromax) 250 mg PO x5 days by her clinic physician. Though she has had intermittent chills, she had a fever last night of 102.0 F/38.9 C. She has had more difficulty breathing during the night and has been using her albuterol inhaler every 1-2 hours with no improvement, so she called 9-1-1 and was brought to the emergency department (ED) where you are the nurse who will be responsible for her care