The nurse is gathering preoperative data on a client that is scheduled for abdominal surgery tomorrow. The nurse learns that the client takes the following medications daily: warfarin, a multivitamin, and vitamin E. The client reports that he stopped taking the anticoagulant 4 days ago, as instructed by the surgeon. He has continued to take the multivitamin and vitamin E. Based on the information given, why does the nurse notify the surgeon?
A) Needs an order to restart the anticoagulant
B) Is concerned about continued use of the multivitamin
C) Is concerned about the vitamin E
D) Has canceled the surgery to evaluate lab values
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