Rivaroxaban (Xarelto)is Ordered on a Patient Following Knee Replacement Surgery

question 1

Multiple Choice

Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) is ordered on a patient following knee replacement surgery.When providing education on this medication to the patient,the nurse conveys that treatment will continue:

• A) only while hospitalized.
• B) for 35 days postsurgically.
• C) for 12 days postsurgically.
• D) as long as creatinine clearance is less than 30.

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