Problem: Warfarin: Patient Teaching Assignment (please provide detailed explanations and easy to follow)
Scenario: A newly diagnosed Controlled A-FIB patient. He is too be discharged tomorrow with the prescription of warfarin 2mg PO daily. Please discuss the following topics regarding patient teaching for warfarin:
- What is warfarin?
- Why must he take warfarin?
- What are the common side effects?
- What are the serious side effects to report?
- How often must he check serum pt/INR levels? Why?