The nurse is planning care for a client with late-phase septic shock.All of the following treatments have been prescribed.Which prescription does the nurse question?

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Therapy during the second (late)phase of septic shock is aimed at enhancing the blood's ability to clot.Enoxaparin would increase the client's risk of bleeding and therefore should not be administered during the last phase of septic shock.Administering clotting factors,plasma,platelets,and other blood products will assist the client's blood to clot.Intravenous insulin to control hyperglycemia and antibiotic therapy would continue in the late phases of septic shock.

The Nurse Is Planning Care for a Client with Late-Phase