Hospitalization for myocardial infarction

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Question

During discharge teaching after hospitalization for a myocardial infarction, a client asks why they have been prescribed aspirin. Which statement made by the nurse is the most accurate? "Aspirin has been prescribed to prevent clot formation by interfering with platelets in the blood." "Aspirin has been ordered to destroy clots that have formed in the heart." "Aspirin has been prescribed to promote blood clots after receiving all the blood thinners." "Aspirin has been prescribed to prevent clot formation by blocking clotting factors."

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