For which client should the nurse remain alert for the possible development of septic shock?
A. 25-year-old man with irritable bowel syndrome
B. 52-year-old man taking beta blockers for hypertension
C. 37-year-old woman who is 20% above ideal body weight
D. 68-year-old woman with cancer being treated with chemotherapy
D
Certain conditions or treatments that can cause immunosuppression, such as having cancer and being treated with chemotherapeutic agents, aspirin, and certain antibiotics, predispose individu-als to septic shock.
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A frequency distribution is a systematic arrangement of scores that shows the number of times each score occurred
A) True B) False
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