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anshika

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on: Jul 11, 2018
The nurse suspects that an acute postoperative infectious process may be developing in your older adult patient. What abnormal finding best supports this suspicion?
 
  a. A thrombocyte count of 40,000/mm3
  b. Decreasing erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 10 to 20 mm/hr
  c. Increasing C-reactive protein level
  d. Increased partial prothrombin time

Question 2

An older adult patient with breast cancer is reluctant to agree to the suggested treatment plan because I have heard such horrible things about radiation therapy. The nurse responds
 
  a. Radiation therapy no longer causes such terrible side effects.
  b. Your chances of recovery are best when radiation is included.
  c. Ask the oncologist if there are alternative treatments.
  d. Actually there is very effective symptom control now.


mcabuhat

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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C-reactive protein is a marker present in the acute phase of an inflammatory response. The other lab values do not indicate infection.

Answer to Question 2

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Cancer care has changed dramatically over the years; however, many older adults remember friends or relatives who were treated with now outdated therapies that had devastating side ef-fects. The other statements do not address the primary concern, which is side effects of the treatment.


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anshika

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Reply #2 on: Jul 11, 2018
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Reply #3 on: Jul 11, 2018
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