Because myelodysplastic syndrome arises from pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow, laboratory results the nurse would expect to find include:
A. an excess of T cells
B. an excess of platelets
C. a deficiency of granulocytes
D. a deficiency of all cellular blood components
Answer: D. a deficiency of all cellular blood components
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A woman who is 6 cm dilated has the urge to push. What will the nurse instruct the woman to do during the contraction?
a. Use slow-paced breathing. b. Hold her breath and push. c. Blow in short breaths. d. Use rapid-paced breathing.
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Which instruction by the nurse is inappropriate for teaching the proper technique for collection a sputum specimen?
a. Bring the sputum up from the lungs. b. Maintain adequate fluid intake. c. Collect specimens after meals. d. Notify the staff as soon as the specimen is collected so it can be sent to the laboratory without delay.
When assessing the laboratory values for an assigned client with fluid excess, the nurse finds the value that is consistent with this diagnosis to be
a. BUN 12 mg/dl. b. hematocrit of 46%. c. plasma osmolality of 285 mOsm/kg. d. plasma sodium level of 129 mEq/L.