The client with leukemia asks his nurse why he is so susceptible to infection when his white blood cell count is so high. What is the nurse's best response?
A. "The number of white blood cells is falsely high because of the severe dehydra-tion that accompanies leukemia."
B. "Even though you have a lot of white blood cells, they are immature and not able to prevent or fight infection."
C. "Your white blood cells have been poisoned by chemotherapy and are now non-functional."
D. "It is the platelets, not the white blood cells, that protect you from infection."
B
Leukemia represents an overproduction of very immature white blood cells that have not yet ac-quired functional status. The excessive bone marrow production of these cells limits production of mature leukocytes that can mount appropriate responses to protect the client from infection.
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