A nurse is caring for a client who reports with severe bleeding. The primary health-care provider prescribes a diagnostic test that would measure the time taken for the blood to clot and examine the extrinsic pathway of coagulation cascade. Which diagnostic test does the nurse expect to be performed?

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The diagnostic test that measures the time taken for the blood to clot and examines the extrinsic pathway of coagulation cascade is the prothrombin time test. The test helps diagnose clotting disorders and monitor the effectiveness of anticoagulant therapy. Fibrinogen test measures the amount of fibrinogen in the blood, activated partial thromboplastin time test measures the intrinsic pathway of the coagulation cascade, and platelet aggregation test examines the ability of the platelets to clot.

A Nurse Is Caring for a Client Who Reports with Severe