The client is experiencing some slurred speech and the nurse notices tremors. in reviewing the client's am lab results she focuses on the serum lithium level. which finding would indicate that the client is experiencing lithium toxicity?

the nurse must withhold the next dose of lithium and drawing blood to test it for toxicity. lithium toxicity is dangerous, lithium toxicity is commonly caused by long term accumulation of lithium inside the body. when the client is having a nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, thirst, polyuria, slurred speech, and muscle weakness. the toxicity is usually precipitated by dehydration, concurrent use of diuretic drugs such as hct and usage of over the counter pain killers. 

each of the 46 original chromosomes splits into two daughter chromosomes, so there are two sets of 46 daughter chromosomes that end up in each cell. human cells have 46 chromosomes. each chromosome consists of a pair of identical chromatids attached together by a structure called a centromere.

the right side of the picture going down is:

polymerase

protein

transport vesicle

modified protein

the left side of the picture going down is:

dna helix

single-stranded rna

endoplasmic reticulum

ribosome

golgi apparatus

protein released from vesicle

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