hard · NCLEX-RN Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
A nurse is evaluating a client taking lithium who presents with slurred speech, ataxia, and coarse hand tremors. The nurse should prepare for which immediate actions? Select all that apply.
- Obtaining a stat serum lithium level
- Preparation for possible urgent hemodialysis
- Administering a dose of polystyrene sulfonate
- Administration of intravenous normal saline (0.9% NaCl)
- Administration of a dose of activated charcoal
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