The patient with congestive heart failure in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) is ordered to receive IV furosemide once per day. The lab just called and reported the patient’s serum potassium is 2.9 mEq/L. The next dose of furosemide is due now. Which is the appropriate nursing action?
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