Aclient has been on lithium for 3 weeks now. the client approaches the nurse, saying, "i feel like i'm going to throw up, and i can't even hold this cup of coffee straight. why can't i do the crossword puzzle? i usually can do them in about 5 minutes." what is the appropriate nursing intervention at this time?

The appropriate nursing intervention this time is for the nurse to assess the situation. It is best that the nurse should check the symptoms that the client is experiencing and if there is more of what the client feels. It is also likely that the nurse should hold up of giving the lithium to the client until the situation has been assess for the lithium could be the cause of the symptoms. In order to obtain best results, it is also recommended that the nurse should ask the medical technologists to draw the client's blood and check for abnormality.

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