Persons receiving heparin are at greater risk for
A. headaches.
B. infections.
C. bleeding.
D. clot formation.
C
You might also like to view...
A child has cancer and has been treated with chemotherapy. The most recent lab value indicates that the white blood cell count is very low. Based on this result, which would the nurse expect to administer?
1. Epoetin alfa (Epogen) 2. Ondansetron (Zofran) 3. Oprelvekin (Neumega) 4. Filgrastim (Neupogen)
The nurse informs a group of young adults that the leading cause of death in their age group is:
a. diabetes. b. accidents. c. hypertension. d. testicular cancer.
The nurse is instructing a patient with a myocardial infarction about the disease process. Which patient statement indicates that additional teaching is needed?
1. "A heart attack is the same as a myocardial infarction (MI)." 2. "A heart attack causes tissue death and that part of the heart may not pump as well." 3. "A heart attack in the anterior wall of the heart can be very serious because a large portion of the heart may not pump as well." 4. "Angina always leads first to decreased blood flow to the heart muscle and then to tissue death."
A postcesarean section client has been ordered to receive 500 mL of 5% dextrose in water every 4 hours. The drop factor of the macrodrip tubing is 10 gtt/mL. To what drip rate should the nurse regulate the IV? _____ gtt/min
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.