Mr. emmet, age 65, is admitted to the hospital with cough, fever, chill, malaise, and headache. he is diagnosed with influenza. examination reveals shortness of breath at rest, course crackles throughout the lung fields, and cough productive of thick yellow sputum. the physician has prescribed guaifenesin to the patient mobilize the secretions in the lungs. what would be an important nursing intervention to enhance the guaifenesin drug therapy?

Life expectancy in the united states is (76.4 for men and 81.1 for women). life expectancy is not the same as healthy life expectancy. healthy life expectancy is the number of years a person is expected to live in this number is obtained by subtracting years spent in poor health from overall life expectancy. the world health organization (who) calculates healthy life expectancy in 194 countries. the united states ranks twenty-ninth in the world using this measurement, with an average of of healthy life expectancy. singapore ranks number one (76 years), and japan is number two (75 years).