After graduating from nursing school and passing your boards, you accepted a position as an RN in the emergency center a

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After graduating from nursing school and passing your boards, you accepted a position as an RN in the emergency center a

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After graduating from nursing school and passing your boards,
you accepted a position as an RN in the emergency center at
Rasmussen General Hospital (RGH). In the weeks ahead, your
emergency center plans to implement a new initiative where clients
diagnosed with low-risk deep vein thrombosis (DVT) will be sent
home on 3 months of oral anticoagulation therapy with
rivaroxaban.
Historically, clients diagnosed with DVTs in the emergency
center were admitted to the hospital's observation unit. However,
when surveyed about their experiences, many clients reported that
this was costly, time-consuming, and inconvenient. Under RGH's new
program, emergency center nurses will be responsible for educating
clients about their new medication and administering the first dose
to the client before discharge.
As part of this new initiative, all emergency center nurses at
RGH must be trained to properly educate these clients on all
aspects of their new medication regimen. Because you have
demonstrated a keen interest in pharmacology, your manager has
asked you to develop the educational tools that will be used to
train the nurses at RGH.
It's worth noting that the standard dosing for all low-risk DVTs
is as follows:
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