medium · NCLEX-RN pharmacology
A client with chronic kidney disease is prescribed Lithium. The nurse should advocate for which alternative or adjustment?
- Increasing the lithium dose to ensure enough reaches the brain.
- Giving the lithium with a diuretic to help with excretion, for this client.
- Avoiding lithium because it is excreted almost entirely by the kidneys.
- Monitoring lithium levels once every six months.
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