The Nurse Caring for a Client Receiving Chemotherapy Assesses for Indication

question 8

Multiple Choice

The nurse caring for a client receiving chemotherapy assesses for indication of thrombocytopenia. Based on laboratory values, the client becomes at high risk for hemorrhage at the point when the platelet count is less than

• A) 60,000/mm³.
• B) 50,000/mm³.
• C) 25,000/mm³.
• D) 20,000/mm³.

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Definitions:

Perfectly Competitive

A market structure where there are many buyers and sellers, all of whom have negligible impact on the market price.

Marginal Cost

The increment in total spending due to the manufacture of one more unit of a product or service.

Fixed Cost

Fixed Cost is a business expense that does not change with the level of goods or services produced within a certain period.

Variable Costs

Variable costs fluctuate with the level of output, increasing as production rises and decreasing as production falls.