The nursing instructor is talking with her clinical group about coagulopathies. How should the instructor define coagulopathies?
A) Coagulopathies are bleeding disorders that are characterized by abnormalities in the numbers and types of red blood cells in the body.
B) Coagulopathies are bleeding disorders that involve platelets or clotting factors.
C) Coagulopathies are bleeding disorders that are characterized by a deficiency of globulins in the plasma.
D) Coagulopathies are bleeding disorders that involve the destruction of stem cells in the bone marrow.
B
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Coagulopathies are bleeding disorders that involve platelets or clotting factors. Coagulopathies do not involve the numbers and types of red blood cells. They are not characterized by a deficiency of globulins in the plasma, and they do not involve the destruction of stem cells in the bone marrow.
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