The nurse is caring for an older adult client with hemolytic anemia. What does the nurse understand about the reason this client is most susceptible to this disorder?
A) The client is older and is probably noncompliant with medications.
B) Older adult clients often take more medications than younger people.
C) Older adult clients have more incidences of coagulation disorders.
D) The older adult client does not follow up with physician appointments.
B
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Older adults are particularly susceptible to drug-induced hemolytic anemia because they often take more drugs than younger people. Discontinuing the offending drug usually corrects the anemia. The assumption that because a client is older and probably noncompliant is incorrect. Older clients are more susceptible to gastrointestinal and genitourinary bleeding but not coagulation disorders. The older adult client does not lack follow-up with physicians more than other populations.
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