A nurse is assessing a client who is receiving desmopressin therapy and suspects that the client is experiencing water intoxication. Which of the following would support the nurse's suspicions? Select all that apply
A) Drowsiness
B) Headache
C) Confusion
D) Abdominal pain
E) Diarrhea
Ans: A, B, C
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Symptoms of water intoxication include drowsiness, listlessness, confusion, and headache (which may precede convulsions and coma). Abdominal pain and diarrhea are not associated with water intoxication.
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