The nurse is providing care to a patient on fibrinolytic therapy.Which statement from the patient warrants further assessment and intervention by the critical care nurse?

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The nurse must continually monitor for clinical manifestations of bleeding.Mild gingival bleeding and oozing around venipuncture sites are common and not a cause for concern.Severe lower back pain and ecchymoses are suggestive of retroperitoneal bleeding.If serious bleeding occurs,all fibrinolytic heparin therapies must be discontinued,and volume expanders or coagulation factors,or both,are administered.

The Nurse Is Providing Care to a Patient on Fibrinolytic