The nurse provides care to a patient who is prescribed thrombolytic therapy to treat a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) . Which patient information is an absolute contraindication to this therapy necessitating the nurse to question the medication current prescription?
A) Surgery in the past 10 days
B) History of non-hemorrhagic stroke
C) Platelet count of 90,000/mm3
D) Motor vehicle crash 1 month ago
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