A patient with hemophilia is admitted with acute bleeding. Until the cause of the bleeding is determined, the nurse should be prepared to do which of the following interventions?

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Patients with hemophilia have deficiency or dysfunction of clotting factors, and fresh-frozen plasma contains these clotting factors and is used to manage bleeding episodes in these patients. Infusing packed red blood cells, normal saline, or heparin will not address the underlying clotting disorder.

A Patient with Hemophilia Is Admitted with Acute Bleeding