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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.

When a Rh-negative mother becomes pregnant by a partner who is Rh-positive, which advanced treatment modality will decrease the risk of the fetus developing hemolytic disease?

A client has been diagnosed with a brain tumor that cannot be removed surgically. During each office visit the clinician will be assessing the client for syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). Which assessment would alert the clinician that the client may be developing this complication?

The nurse is caring for a client with jaundice. What evidence will the nurse use to determine if the cause of the jaundice is due to a hemolytic condition?

The ICU respiratory therapist is concerned with her client’s arterial blood gas (ABG) results-especially the pH 7.30; and PCO2 49 mmHg (6.52 kPa). The respiratory therapist interprets these ABG results and assesses her client for which clinical manifestations of respiratory acidosis? Select all that apply.

A clinician is providing care for a client who has been diagnosed with metabolic alkalosis after several days of antacid use. Which treatment should the clinician prepare to give?

The clinician knows high incidences of infectious illnesses among the older adults who reside in a long-term care facility are most likely to have diminished immune capacity because of: