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sammy

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An immunocompromised patient with a diagnosis of AIDS has just been admitted to the medical unit with abdominal pain. The patient's health care provider has ordered an abdominal radiograph. How should the nurse best facilitate the test?
 
  A) Arrange for a portable X-ray machine to be used.
  B) Have a patient wear a mask to the X-ray department.
  C) Have the X-ray department disinfected prior to the patient arriving.
  D) Send the patient to the X-ray department, and have the staff in the department don masks.

Question 2

A 20-year-old man has been admitted to the emergency department with a femoral fracture as a result of a motorcycle accident.
 
  When the nurse is taking the patient's history, he states, I had leukemia when I was little kid but they managed to cure it. The nurse should suspect that this patient likely had what type of leukemia?
  A) Acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL)
  B) Chronic lymphoid leukemia (CLL)
  C) Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
  D) Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)


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jaygar71

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

A

Answer to Question 2

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sammy

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Gracias!

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:D TYSM

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