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Deep Vein Thrombosis Prophylaxis — NCLEX Cheat Sheet

Move, hydrate, anticoagulate

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👤 By the CinnaRN Clinical Content Team 🕐 Updated 2026-07-11 🏷️ Reduction of Risk Potential 🔖 Free to read, print, and share

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Use this quick-reference guide to spot, treat, and prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis Prophylaxis on the NCLEX. Keep it handy during review and on exam day!

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Risk

Key facts

Virchow: stasis, injury, hypercoag
Immobility, surgery, cancer

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Do

Nursing actions

Early ambulation, leg exercises
SCDs / compression stockings
Prophylactic heparin/enoxaparin

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Avoid

Key facts

No massaging the legs
No crossing legs, no pillow under knee

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Report

Notify / act now

Calf pain, swelling, warmth
Sudden SOB/chest pain → PE

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Quick Tip

Virchow's triad (venous stasis, vessel wall injury, and hypercoagulability) explains why immobile, postoperative, and cancer patients are high risk.

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