If the Client's White Blood Cell (WBC) Count Is 25,000/mm³

question 21

Multiple Choice

If the client's white blood cell (WBC) count is 25,000/mm³ on her second postpartum day, which action should the nurse take?

• A) Document the finding.
• B) Tell the health care provider.
• C) Begin antibiotic therapy immediately.
• D) Have the laboratory draw blood for reanalysis.

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Definitions:

Inflation

The velocity of rise in the aggregate pricing of goods and services, reducing the power of the dollar.

Dividends

Regular payments declared by a company's board of directors and given to its shareholders from the company's earnings.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability in a dataset, signifying the degree to which individual observations differ from the mean value.