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a nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative hip arthroplasty and has a new prescription for enoxaparin 1 mg/kg/dose subcutaneous every 12 hr. the client weighs 95 lbs. how many mg should the nurse administer per dose? (round the answer to the nearest tenth. use a leading zero if it applies. do not use a trailing zero.)

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The nurse should administer 43.2 mg per dose. Chance of developing blood clots in your legs will temporarily increase after hip replacement surgery.

These actions could be taken to avoid this complication in hip replacement surgery : Early movement Soon after hip replacement surgery, you'll be urged to sit up and use crutches or a walker to walk. Deep venous thrombosis, a disorder in which dangerous blood clots form in the blood arteries of the legs, is prevented with enoxaparin injection. Pulmonary embolism is a disorder that can result from these blood clots getting stuck in the blood arteries of the lungs. Blood clots, a change in leg length, dislocation, fractures, infections, and implant loosening are a few of the problems associated with hip replacement surgery.

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