A client admitted with heart failure overhears the physician discussing plans to "digitalize" him, and asks the nurse what this means.The nurse explains:
A) "You will be given a series of digoxin injections over the next few days."
B) "You are given twice the usual dose of digoxin every day until therapeutic results are seen."
C) "You will be given increasing doses of digoxin until you reach a toxic level, and then the drug will be stopped."
D) "The dose of digoxin gradually is increased until the heart tissue is saturated and symptoms of heart failure subside."
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