A nurse should instruct a client who is taking digitalis to report which of these side effects?
1. "Nausea, vomiting, fatigue"
2. "Rash, dyspnea, edema"
3. "Polyuria, thirst, dry skin"
4. "Hunger, dizziness, diaphoresis"
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The correct answer is number: 1
Side effects of digitalis toxicity include fatigue, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, and bradycardia. Digitalis inhibits the sodium potassium ATPase, which makes more calcium available for contractile proteins and this results in an increased cardiac output.
Deglin, J., & Vallerand, A. (2009)
Davis's drug guide for nurses. (11th ed.).
Davis's drug guide for nurses.
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