A nurse caring for a hospitalized patient who has copious green sputum notifies the patient's physician because these symptoms are indicative of:
A) Lung cancer
B) Lung tumors
C) Infection
D) Pulmonary edema
Ans: C
Feedback: Infections are associated with greenish or yellowish sputum.
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