In evaluating a young woman, the following laboratory result the nurse recognizes as abnormal is
a. hemoglobin 13 g/dl.
b. platelet count 20,000/mm3.
c. red blood cell count 5 million/mm3.
d. white blood cell count 6000/mm3.
B
Normal platelet count is 150,000/mm3.
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