The Nurse Caring for Patients on a Gynecological Surgery Unit

question 222

Multiple Choice

The nurse caring for patients on a gynecological surgery unit would monitor which of the following women most closely for evidence of a deep vein thrombosis?

• A)A 64-year-old patient taking Apriso (mesalamine)who has a history of ulcerative colitis.
• B)A 47-year-old patient admitted for lumpectomy with a family history of breast cancer.
• C)A 58-year-old patient taking Estrace (estradiol)with a 42-pack-per-year history of smoking.
• D)A 61-year-old patient who had a bladder-sling procedure whose platelet count is 167,000 cells/mm³.

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