What laboratory value indicates to the nurse that the conditioning regimen for bone marrow transplantation is successful?
A. Total white blood cell count of 8000/mm3
B. Total white blood cell count of 0/mm3
C. Hematocrit of 25%
D. Hematocrit of 50%
B
The purpose of pretransplantation conditioning is to "wipe out" the client's existing bone marrow cells. A circulating white blood cell count of 0 indicates successful conditioning.
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