A nurse is caring for a patient who has an immunodeficiency. What assessment finding should prompt the nurse to consider the possibility that the patient is developing an infection?
A) Uncharacteristic aggression
B) Persistent diarrhea
C) Pruritis (itching)
D) Constipation
Ans: B
Feedback:
Persistent diarrhea is among the varied signs and symptoms that may suggest infection in an immunocompromised patient. Aggression, pruritis, and constipation are less suggestive of an infectious etiology.
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