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A nurse is assessing a client who is receiving heparin via continuous IV. The client has an aPTT of 90 seconds. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following changes in their vital signs?
-Decreased temperature
-Decreased respiratory rate
-Increased pulse rate
-Increased blood pressure
Answer - Client receiving Heparin and aPTT is 90 second than nurse should monitor change in pulse rate which will be increase due to bleeding and blood pressure become low. If aPTT is increase than patient monitor for bleeding gums, nose bleed, haematuria etc. It cause decrease blood pressure and pulse rate become increase due to compensation for this.
So here correct answer is increase pulse rate.