The nurse is caring for a patient who has digoxin toxicity. As the nurse assesses the changes in the patient's daily activities, what finding could indicate the cause of the toxic level?
A) The patient has been sleeping more lately.
B) The patient took nitroglycerin for chest pain twice yesterday.
C) The patient's daughter brought her a bag of licorice that she has been enjoying.
D) The patient's intake of sodium increased lately because she's been eating seafood.
C
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Increased digoxin toxicity has been reported with ginseng, hawthorn, and licorice. Patients should be advised to avoid these combinations. Increased sodium intake will exacerbate the patient's heart failure, which might explain why she is sleeping more and requiring nitroglycerin but these actions did not contribute to the digoxin toxicity.
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