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Answer: Prepare the client for immediate hemodialysis, Administer an antidote for lithium toxicity.
(The normal range of the lithium in blood is 0.6 and 1.2 milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L) wheras, if the range goes high that means there is lithium overdose or toxicity. Hence the patient feels blurred vision, confusion etc.)
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