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The Physician Orders Pentoxifylline (Trental) for the Patient with Peripheral

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The physician orders pentoxifylline (Trental) for the patient with peripheral vascular disease. The nurse has completed medication education and determines that learning has occurred when the patient makes which statement(s) ?


A) "It makes my red blood cells (RBCs) squishy so they can go into the little blood vessels."
B) "It decreases my platelets so my blood is less likely to clot."
C) "It decreases the "stickiness" of my blood."
D) "It changes how my liver makes clotting factors."
E) "It destroys clotting factors."

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