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vicotolentino

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A patient has been newly diagnosed with AIDS. The patient is a 32-year-old mother of two young children. When the nurse is performing the patient's initial assessment, the patient expresses fear of dying.
 
  How should the nurse best respond to the patient?
  A) Would you like to talk to someone?
  B) Everyone dies eventually.
  C) What concerns you most about death?
  D) It's possible that you'll live for several years.

Question 2

A 70-year-old man attended a scheduled check-up with his primary care provider, during which he exhibited lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly.
 
  The man's primary care provider has ordered blood work to assess the man for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The nurse at the clinic would recognize that a diagnosis of CLL would be most consistent with what laboratory finding?
  A) Increased hemoglobin and hematocrit
  B) Increased lymphocytes
  C) Decreased platelets
  D) Decreased leukocytes



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B



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