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The patient is receiving enoxaparin (Lovenox) subcutaneously every 12 hours following knee replacement surgery. The patient is monitored for.

Answer Choices:

Correct Answer:

Signs and symptoms of bruising and bleeding.

Rationale:

🩹 Signs and symptoms of bruising and bleeding — Enoxaparin is a low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) used to prevent blood clots after surgery. As an anticoagulant, its primary side effect is bleeding, so the nurse should monitor for bruising, nosebleeds, blood in urine or stool, gum bleeding, and other signs of hemorrhage.

🩹 Clotting at the incision site — Enoxaparin helps prevent clot formation, so this is not the expected complication — bleeding is.

🩹 Increased pain — Some post-op pain is expected, but this is not specific to enoxaparin's effects and not the main concern.

🩹 Gingival hyperplasia — This is associated with drugs like phenytoin, not enoxaparin.

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  • Domain: ATI PHARMACOLOGY
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