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23-Order: Heparin at 1,400 units/hr. There are 25,000 units in 250 ml Normal Saline. How many gtts/min should this IV run if the drop factor is 60 gtts/mL? ____ gtts/min 24- Your patient has an order to receive 800 U of heparin per hour by continuous intravenous infusion. If the pharmacy mixes the IV bag to contain a total of 5,000 U of heparin in 500 ml of D5W, how many ml per hour should the patient receive? ______ mL/h 25- True or False Enoxaparin is an example of Low–molecular-weight heparins (LMWHs) and can be administered subcutaneously: a-True b. False 26- What is the difference between anticoagulants and thrombolytic drugs in term of their uses/actions? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 27-List one example of Anticoagulant and one example of thrombolytic drug. Anticoagulant drug: ______________________________________ Thrombolytic drug : ______________________________________ 29- A postoperative patient will begin anticoagulant therapy with rivaroxaban (Xarelta) after knee replacement surgery. The nurse performs a history and learns that the patient is taking erythromycin. The patient’s creatinine clearance is 50 mL/min. The nurse will: a. administer the first dose of rivaroxaban as ordered. b. notify the provider to discuss changing the patient’s antibiotic. c. request an order for a different anticoagulant medication. d. request an order to increase the dose of rivaroxaban.