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cagreen833 · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

A client undergoing a complete blood cell count (CBC) for the detection of anemia wants to know more about hemoglobin. Which should the nurse explain to the client as being the main function of hemoglobin?

A) Gives its oxygen to cells of the body and picks up carbon dioxide
B) Defends the body against disease organisms, toxins, and irritants
C) Essential for blood clotting, plug formation, and further hemostasis
D) Releases chemical to assist the body in detoxifying foreign proteins

Question 2

The nurse is educating a pregnant client about possible complications. The nurse tells the client about possible congenital disorders.

The client correctly understands the information presented when the client identifies which disorder as a congenital disorder? A) Clubbed feet
B) Chickenpox
C) Scarlet fever
D) Whooping cough

mammy1697 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Feedback:
The iron in hemoglobin picks up oxygen in a loose chemical combination. As blood circulates through the capillaries, the hemoglobin gives its oxygen to various cells of the body and picks up their carbon dioxide. Defending the body against disease organisms, toxins, and irritants; being essential for blood clotting; plug formation; and further hemostasis; or releasing chemicals to assist the body in detoxifying foreign proteins, are not the main functions of hemoglobin. WBCs defend the body against disease organisms, toxins, and irritants. Platelets are essential for blood clotting, plug formation, and hemostasis. Eosinophils release chemicals to assist the body in detoxifying foreign proteins.

Answer to Question 2

A
Feedback:
The nurse should identify clubbed feet as a congenital disorder. Chickenpox, scarlet fever, and whooping cough are caused by infections and are not congenital disorders.