A client is on intravenous heparin to treat a pulmonary embolism.The client's most recent partial thromboplastin time (PTT) was 25 seconds.What order should the nurse anticipate?
A) Decrease the heparin rate.
B) Increase the heparin rate.
C) No change to the heparin rate.
D) Stop heparin; start warfarin (Coumadin) .
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