A Patient Is Getting Heparin by Intravenous Infusion

question 19

Multiple Choice

A patient is getting heparin by intravenous infusion.The nurse received an order to increase the heparin infusion rate and obtain a partial thromboplastin time (PTT) in 1 hour.The PTT was drawn correctly and revealed a critically elevated level.The nurse was busy with another patient and failed to report the critical result to the physician within 30 minutes according to the facility's policy.Subsequently,the patient sustained a massive intracerebral bleed.What type of negligence may be present?

• A) Assessment failure
• B) Planning failure
• C) Implementation failure
• D) Evaluation failure

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