A Patient Admitted with a Hip Fracture and Scheduled for Surgery

Multiple Choice

A patient admitted with a hip fracture and scheduled for surgery has a prothrombin time of 20.2 seconds and an international normalized ratio (INR) of 2.65 resulting from warfarin administration.Based on these laboratory values, which order should the nurse anticipate?

A) Abciximab (ReoPro)
B) Phytonadione (vitamin K)
C) Protamine sulfate
D) Ticlopidine (Ticlid)