A client with chronic renal disease asks the nurse why she needs to receive erythropoietin injections. Which of the following should the nurse respond to this client?
1. "It makes more vitamin D in your body."
2. "It encourages your kidneys to remove more waste products."
3. "It stimulates red blood cell production in the bone marrow."
4. "It helps remove ammonia from your blood."
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Erythropoietin stimulates red blood cell production in the bone marrow, which is compromised in renal failure. This is what the nurse should respond to the client. Erythropoietin does not make vitamin D, remove waste products, or remove ammonia from the blood.
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