The nurse is monitoring a patient who is receiving an inhalation treatment with pentamidine [NebuPent]. The patient begins to cough and states that he is having trouble breathing. What is the best action by the nurse?
A) Administer a PRN dose of a bronchodilator.
B) Discontinue the inhalation treatment.
C) Nothing, because these are expected adverse effects of pentamidine.
D) Reduce the rate of the inhalation treatment.
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