Question

a nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who has been taking warfarin and is experiencing rectal bleeding. which of the following medications should the nurse expect to administer to the client? filgrastim deferoxamine protamine vitamin k

Explanation:

Warfarin is an anticoagulant that works by inhibiting vitamin K - dependent clotting factors. When a patient on warfarin has bleeding (like rectal bleeding here), Vitamin K is the antidote as it helps restore the clotting factors inhibited by warfarin. Filgrastim is for stimulating white blood cell production, Deferoxamine is for iron overload, and Protamine is the antidote for heparin, not warfarin.

Answer:

D. Vitamin K