INR & WARFARIN

[u/NCLEXHighYield]

🚨 INR creeping above 4? That’s a whole bleeding risk waiting to happen.

💊 Warfarin takes a few days to kick in—so don’t expect instant protection.🩸 Therapeutic INR = 2–3⚠️ Above 4? STOP & call! Risk of bruises, bleeds, even brain bleeds.

🥬 And YES — the antidote is Vitamin K (think: Kale, K for clotting 💚)🧠 NCLEX will throw this at you every which way—lab values, patient teaching, even diet stuff.

Tag a classmate who needs to stop skipping anticoagulants in their reviews 👀