A client with hepatitis C is experiencing pain in the right upper quadrant, jaundice, and nausea. The nurse recognizes that the client is in which phase of hepatitis?
1. Icteric
2. Terminal
3. Preicteric/prodromal
4. Post-icteric
Answer: 1
1. The icteric phase is characterized by jaundice, pruritis, and clay-colored stools.
2. Terminal is not a phase of hepatitis.
3. Jaundice is not present in the pre-icteric phase.
4. In the post-icteric phase jaundice disappears.
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