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A student who is preparing to care for a postoperative patient with deep vein thrombosis asks the nurse why the patient must take the anti-thrombin activator heparin rather than the vitamin K antagonist warfarin. Which response by the nurse is correct?

we / just / move / here / .

A client who is taking calcium supplements receives a prescription for ciprofloxacin for a urinary tract infection. The nurse will teach this client to:

The concentration of a solution expresses the amount of …

A patient who is taking the P2Y12 ADP receptor antagonist clopidogrel calls the nurse to report black, tarry stools and coffee-ground emesis. The nurse will tell the patient to:

__________ are weak attractive forces that are responsible for the surface tension of water.

A post-operative patient will begin anticoagulant therapy with the direct Factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban after knee replacement surgery. The nurse performs a history and learns that the patient is also taking warfarin. The nurse will:

Physical exercise can increase the number of ________ in cells all over the body.

A hospitalized client is prescribed warfarin. The nurse performs dietary teaching related to warfarin about which food on the lunch selection menu?

The patient states I feel sort of uneasy, and I feel like this every so often. The nurse states can you describe the feeling for me.  Which principle of therapeutic communication is the nurse using?