A client brought to the emergency department states that he has accidentally been taking 2 times his prescribed dose of warfarin for the past week. After noting that the client has no evidence of obvious bleeding, the nurse plans to take which action?
1
Prepare to administer an antidote.
2
Draw a sample for type and crossmatch and transfuse the client.
3
Draw a sample for an activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) level.
4
Draw a sample for prothrombin time (PT) and international normalized ratio (INR).