Posted: June 16th, 2017

A nurse is caring for a client who had a percutaneous insertion of an inferior vena cava filter and was on heparin therapy before surgery. The nurse would inspect the surgical site most closely for signs of:

A nurse is caring for a client who had a percutaneous insertion of an inferior vena cava filter and was on heparin therapy before surgery. The nurse would inspect the surgical site most closely for signs of:

1. Thrombosis and infection
2. Bleeding and infection
3. Bleeding and wound dehiscence.
4. Wound dehiscence and evisceration.