A Patient Is Receiving Heparin Therapy as Part of the Treatment

question 14

Multiple Choice

A patient is receiving heparin therapy as part of the treatment for a pulmonary embolism. The nurse monitors the results of which laboratory test to check the drug's effectiveness?

• A) Bleeding times
• B) Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
• C) Prothrombin time/international normalized ratio (PT/INR)
• D) Vitamin K levels

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