[Answered]: A client newly diagnosed with congestive heart…

A client newly diagnosed with congestive heart failure has a prescription for digoxin. The nurse counts the heart rate before administration of the medication and obtains a heart rate of 51 beats per minute. Which action by the nurse demonstrates adherence to the standards of nursing care? The nurse withholds the medication, retakes the heart rate, and gives the medication at a later time. The nurse administers the medication and reassesses the client after 30 minutes. The nurse administers the medication after reviewing the client’s serum potassium level. The nurse withholds the medication and notifies the health care practitioner.