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A 78-year-old with heart failure takes digoxin 0.25 mg daily and furosemide 40 mg twice daily. At 0800 the patient reports nausea and 'not feeling like eating.' The apical pulse is 64 and irregular. This morning's potassium is 3.1 mEq/L, and creatinine has risen from 1.1 to 1.6 mg/dL. A digoxin level is pending. What should the nurse do?

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