An LPN is visiting a friend in the hospital who was recently diagnosed with a right-sided thrombotic stroke. The individual says, "I don't understand why they want to give me blood thinners if I had bleeding in my brain."
Which of the following responses by the nurse is best?
A. "Blood thinners are used to help the heart not have to work so hard to pump blood around."
B. "The blood brain barrier will protect your brain from the medications they give you."
C. "Are you sure they're giving you blood thinners? What medication have they prescribed?"
D. "Your stroke was caused by a clot that blocked blood flow to a portion of your brain, not bleeding within your brain."
D
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