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Practice Question

A nurse is assessing a client who has heart failure and is taking digoxin. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an indication of medication toxicity?

Answer Choices:

Correct Answer:

Visual disturbances

Rationale:

👁️Blurred vision and yellow-green halos represent classic digoxin toxicity affecting vision.

💁‍♂️Toxicity risk rises with electrolyte imbalance and drug accumulation despite normal potassium values.

🧩Early non-visual signs such as anorexia, nausea, and fatigue often accompany the visual changes.

🧯Prompt recognition of toxicity enables immediate withholding of digoxin and notification of the provider for management.


📌Core Message

Visual disturbances such as halos are hallmark signs of digoxin toxicity requiring prompt assessment and medication withholding.

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  • Category: RN Nursing Exams
  • Subcategory: ATI Exams (RN)
  • Domain: PHARMACOLOGY (RN ati)
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