Nausea, vomiting, and an irregular heart rate develop in a patient who takes oral digoxin every morning. What is your best action?
a. Give prescribed promethazine (Phenergan) as needed.
b. Check the patient's cardiac monitor strip.
c. Assess the apical pulse for a full minute.
d. Check laboratory results for a digoxin level.
ANS: D
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