How Should the Nurse Prepare a Patient Who Is to Receive

question 40

Multiple Choice

How should the nurse prepare a patient who is to receive a Schilling test for pernicious anemia?

• A) Administer radioactive cobalamin and measure its excretion in the urine.
• B) Measure antigen-antibody immune complexes.
• C) Measure serum ferritin and total iron-binding capacity.
• D) Administer folate and evaluate folate content in a blood serum sample.

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