At 6 weeks after bone marrow transplantation, a nurse observe that the client has rising white blood cell, erythrocyte, and platelet counts. What is the nurse's interpretation of these find-ings?
A. The transplant has engrafted.
B. The client has a systemic infection.
C. The leukemia is no longer in remission.
D. The client has graft-versus-host disease.
A
Because the pretransplantation conditioning regimen has destroyed the client's own functional bone marrow, rising white blood cell, erythrocyte, and platelet counts indicate that the trans-planted marrow has successfully implanted itself in the client's bones and is reproducing (en-graftment).
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What was the major problem encountered by those administering the Western Council on Higher Education for Nursing (WCHEN) Regional Program for Nursing Research Development?
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The nurse is caring for a patient who has gender dysphoria. What is the nurse's best action to reduce and eliminate discrimination when caring for this patient?
1. Ask close-ended questions to elicit direct answers when talking about sex with the patient. 2. Ask open-ended questions that engage the patient to actively participate in care. 3. Ask the charge nurse to reassign the nurse if the nurse is uncomfortable. 4. Ask the nurse's co-worker to discuss the patient's condition, in order to avoid direct questions with the patient.