When Caring for a 60-Year-Old Patient with Persistent Menorrhagia, the Nurse

question 24

Multiple Choice

When caring for a 60-year-old patient with persistent menorrhagia, the nurse will plan to monitor the

• A) estrogen level.
• B) complete blood count ( CBC ).
• C) gonadotropin-releasing hormone ( GNRH ) level.
• D) serial b-human chorionic gonadotropin ( hCG ) results.

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