A patient with a myelodysplastic syndrome is being treated on the medical unit. What assessment finding should prompt the nurse to contact the patient's primary care provider?
A) The patient is experiencing a frontal lobe headache.
B) The patient has an episode of urinary incontinence.
C) The patient has an oral temperature of 37.5ºC (99.5ºF).
D) The patient's SpO2 is 91% on room air.
Ans: C
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Because the patient with MDS is at a high risk for infection, any early signs of infection must be reported promptly. The nurse should address each of the listed assessment findings, but none is as direct a threat to the patient's immediate health as an infection.
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