During morning rounds, the nurse is told one of her clients will need a platelet transfusion. From this information, the nurse infers that which should be removed from a client's room?

1. Visitors
2. Magazines
3. Fresh flowers
4. Shaving razors


Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Visitors should be limited for clients with neutropenia.
Rationale 2: Magazines pose no harm to this client.
Rationale 3: Fresh flowers should be removed from a leukopenic client's room.
Rationale 4: This client might have a decreased ability to clot at this time. Shaving razors should be avoided.
Global Rationale: This client might have a decreased ability to clot at this time. Shaving razors should be avoided. Visitors should be limited for clients with leukopenia not with clotting abnormalities. Magazines pose no harm to this client. Fresh flowers should be removed from a leukopenic client's room.

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