A child is admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with aplastic anemia. The parents ask the nurse what aplastic anemia is. Which of the following would be the nurse's best response? Aplastic anemia:
1. Is characterized by abnormally shaped red blood cells.
2. Causes a proliferation of white blood cells.
3. Is characterized by failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate numbers of cells.
4. Is a disorder that occurs following a viral illness.
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Rationale:
1. Cells are normally shaped, just in insufficient numbers.
2. All blood cells are affected.
3. In aplastic anemia, the bone marrow does not produce sufficient numbers of circulating blood cells.
4. There is no known association with viral illness.
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___________________ provides trained workers who come into the home for brief periods to relieve parents of the responsibility of caring for the child
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