An Emergency Department Nurse Is Admitting a Client with Ischemic

question 11

Multiple Choice

An emergency department nurse is admitting a client with ischemic stroke who is eligible for thrombolytic therapy. The nurse works quickly to provide care, knowing that for this therapy to be effective, it must be administered in a post-stroke time window of

• A) 30 minutes.
• B) 3 hours.
• C) 6 hours.
• D) 12 hours.

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