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Which does the elevation in the eosinophil count to 10% indicate?

The typical medical treatment of polycythemia vera involves repeated phlebotomies for which intended benefit?

The nurse is reading the results of a white blood cell count differential. Which abnormal reading indicates a severe allergic reaction?

The nurse is aware that a person with Hodgkin disease, who has two or more abnormal lymph nodes on the same side of the diaphragm and cancer extending locally from one lymph node area into a nearby organ, would be in which stage?

Which event causes the kidney to produce erythropoetin?

Which is the process by which certain cells engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris?

A child with hemophilia is hospitalized with hemarthrosis. Which should the nurse caring for that child expect to implement when following the plan of care?

The nurse explains that the treatment of hemophilia has been revolutionized with the advent of the use of which medical intervention?

The spleen is a highly vascularized organ located in the left upper quadrant of the abdominal cavity. Which is the main function of the spleen? (Select all that apply.)

When the 14-year-old patient comes into the emergency room in sickle cell crisis, which should be the primary focus of care?