A patient who has received lithium for 3 weeks to control acute mania has the following symptoms: coarse hand tremor,diarrhea,vomiting,lethargy,and mild confusion.The priority nursing action should be to:

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The symptoms the patient is experiencing are consistent with moderate lithium toxicity.The nurse should hold lithium,obtain a stat lithium level,and notify the physician.Cogentin is inappropriate; the symptoms are not EPS.The nurse may reassure the patient but cannot suggest that the symptoms will resolve over time.Minimizing salt would worsen lithium toxicity.

A Patient Who Has Received Lithium for 3 Weeks to Control