Posted: November 13th, 2017
The physician orders a maintenance dose of 5,000 units of subcutaneous heparin (an anticoagulant) daily. Nursing responsibilities for Mrs. Mitchell now include:
A. Reviewing daily activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and prothrombin time.
B. Reporting an APTT above 45 seconds to the physician
C. Assessing the patient for signs and symptoms of frank and occult bleeding
D. All of the above
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