BSN 315 - THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY - WEEK 7 SHERPATH
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
A nurse is preparing to administer alteplase. The nurse would gather equipment
knowing that alteplase would be administered by which route?
Intravenously (IV)
Alteplase is administered IV.
A patient who was found unconscious was found to have a large, acute
pulmonary embolism and was given alteplase. The patient’s family asks the nurse
why alteplase was given rather than warfarin. Which response would the nurse
make?
“Alteplase is a thrombolytic that is used to dissolve large clots to restore
circulation. Warfarin only prevents clots from forming.”
Alteplase is a thrombolytic that is used to dissolve clots that impede circulation affecting
the hemodynamics. Warfarin is an anticoagulant and is used to prevent future thrombus
from forming in a hemodynamically stable patient.
A patient with healing stab wounds to the arms and legs is brought to the
emergency department with complaints of chest pain. The patient was diagnosed
with acute myocardial infarction, and alteplase was prescribed. The nurse would
closely monitor the patient for which complications following the administration
of alteplase?
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
A nurse is preparing to administer alteplase. The nurse would gather equipment
knowing that alteplase would be administered by which route?
Intravenously (IV)
Alteplase is administered IV.
A patient who was found unconscious was found to have a large, acute
pulmonary embolism and was given alteplase. The patient’s family asks the nurse
why alteplase was given rather than warfarin. Which response would the nurse
make?
“Alteplase is a thrombolytic that is used to dissolve large clots to restore
circulation. Warfarin only prevents clots from forming.”
Alteplase is a thrombolytic that is used to dissolve clots that impede circulation affecting
the hemodynamics. Warfarin is an anticoagulant and is used to prevent future thrombus
from forming in a hemodynamically stable patient.
A patient with healing stab wounds to the arms and legs is brought to the
emergency department with complaints of chest pain. The patient was diagnosed
with acute myocardial infarction, and alteplase was prescribed. The nurse would
closely monitor the patient for which complications following the administration
of alteplase?
