A client who has had bilateral total knee replacements is prescribed enoxaparin sodium (Lovenox) injections twice daily for the next 3 weeks. The client asks the nurse why she has to have the medication. What is the nurse's best response?
a. "To prevent swelling within your new knee joints."
b. "To prevent the formation of blood clots in your legs."
c. "To prevent arthritis from developing in your new knee joints."
d. "To prevent an infection from developing in your new knee joints."
B
Lovenox is an anticoagulant that will help prevent formation of postoperative deep vein throm-bosis (DVT). Lovenox does not decrease or prevent swelling, it does not prevent arthritis, and it is not an antibiotic.
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