A patient with a bacterial infection has been placed on antibacterial therapy. Which assessment finding in the patient indicates to the nurse that the therapy is effective?
a. Red blood cell count is 4,500,000 cells/mm3
b. White blood cell (WBC) count is 8000 cells/mm3
c. Wound drainage is thick and yellow
d. Temperature is 102.4? Fahrenheit
B
Signs and symptoms of a resolving infection include reduced or absent fever; no chills; wound drainage that is no longer thick, foul-smelling, brown, green, or yellow; wound edges that are not red and raw-looking; and a WBC count that is in the normal range (5000 to 10,000 mm3).
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