The Patient Is Admitted with Multiple Myeloma

question 41

Multiple Choice

The patient is admitted with multiple myeloma.The nurse assesses the patient and is aware that the symptom most unique to this disease is

• A) fever.
• B) night sweats.
• C) bone pain.
• D) lymph node enlargement.

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Definitions:

Day

A period of 24 hours as a unit of time, representing one complete rotation of the Earth on its axis, commonly divided into daytime and nighttime.

Malnutrition

A condition that results from eating a diet which does not supply a healthy amount of one or more nutrients or provides too much of a nutrient.

Brain

The organ located in the head of an organism that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body.

Head-sparing

A concept in pediatric development referring to the body's prioritization of nourishing the brain over other organs during periods of malnutrition.