An older adult patient has been prescribed warfarin (coumadin). The nurse's primary intervention involves daily review of the patient's
a. prothrombin time.
b. body for bruising.
c. serum creatinine level.
d. reflex tone.
A
Warfarin therapy is monitored by the international normalized ratio (INR) or INR with proth-rombin time.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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