The physician has ordered an erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR, or sed rate) on a client who might have an inflammatory process. The nurse should expect the client with a systemic inflammation to have results:
1. less than 5 mm/hour.
2. at 10 mm/hour.
3. over 20 mm/hour.
4. at 20 mm/hour.
Answer: 3
1. Normal ESR is 20mm/hour.
2. Normal ESR is 20mm/hour.
3. An ESR of greater than 20 mm/hour indicates there is an inflammatory response.
4. An ESR of 20 mm/hour is normal.
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