A client has recently been prescribed digoxin (Lanoxin) 0.5m…
A client has recently been prescribed digoxin (Lanoxin) 0.5mg daily. His pulse range is normally 70-74 beats per minute. After assessing the apical pulse for 1 minute, and finding it to be 56 beats per minute, the nurse should first:
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A nurse checks on a client following a lower lobectomy for lung cancer. The nurse finds that the client is dyspneic with respirations in the 40s, is hypotensive, has a SaO2 of 86% on 10L oxygen mask, has a trachea that is deviated slightly to the left, and notes that the right side of the chest is not expanding. Which action should be taken by the nurse first?
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