A patient has received a unit of packed red blood cells. If the patient is not bleeding, the nurse would expect that the hematocrit would rise _____ %
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
3
Rationale : The nurse can anticipate that the hematocrit will rise 3% for each unit of packed RBCs if the patient is not bleeding.
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