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A family of five vacationed together, but only the client contracted traveler’s diarrhea. The client asks the health care provider, “We all ate and drank the same things. Why am I the only one with this condition?” What should the health care provider offer to the client as the most likely reason for susceptibility for this condition?

A baseball player was hit in the head with a bat during practice. In the emergency department, the physician tells the family that he has a “coup” injury. How will the physician explain this to the family so they can understand?

The clinician is caring for a client with left-sided heart failure causing chronic activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS). What is the clinician’s priority assessment?

The health care provider is caring for a group of postoperative clients. Who should the health care provider prioritize as having the greatest risk for infection at the surgical site?

Which client has an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) that is critically low and the standard of care would recommend placement on neutropenic precautions?

A 23-year-old man has received a recent diagnosis of appendicitis. The clinician providing care for the man is explaining that the inflammation of his appendix is playing a role in his body’s fight against the underlying infectious process. Which teaching points should the clinician eliminate from client education?

Which assessment and laboratory findings would be most closely associated with acute leukemia?

A 60-year-old male client with an acute viral infection is receiving interferon therapy. The clinician is teaching the client about the ways interferon differs from other anti-infective therapies. What point should the clinician include?

A client with severe anemia asks, “What happens if my bone marrow cannot produce sufficient numbers of red blood cells due to my bleeding?” Which response(s) by the nurse correctly identifies the organs that can resume hematopoiesis? Select all that apply.

Tumor necrosis factor-α and IL-1 are major cytokines that mediate inflammation. If the client is developing a systemic response to an infection, the clinician will likely assess which clinical manifestations? Select all that apply.