A client is experiencing an overdosage of heparin. The nurse would expect to administer which of the following?
A) Vitamin K1
B) Protamine
C) Ticlopidine
D) Tenecteplase
Ans: B
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Heparin overdosage is treated with protamine. Vitamin K1 is used to treat overdoses of warfarin. Ticlopidine, an antiplatelet drug, and tenecteplase, a thrombolytic, would have no effect on counteracting the effects of warfarin.
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