Tingling of fingers and toes and feels dizzy

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Two days after a small bowel resection, a male client reports tingling of fingers and toes and feels dizzy. The client's nasogastric tube (NGT) is draining per low intermittent suction, and the practical nurse (PN) suspects the client has a fluid and electrolyte imbalance because he has been taking oral ice chips PRN. Which assessment finding should the PN report when monitoring the client? Distended neck veins and bounding pulse. Elevated pulse and dysrhythmia noted on telemetry. Feelings of heaviness and pain to the legs. Decrease in blood pressure baseline and headache.

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