A Student Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with Bacterial

question 28

Multiple Choice

A student nurse is caring for a patient with bacterial meningitis. Which of the following laboratory results may be expected and would indicate a left shift in the differential?

• A) The number of banded neutrophils is higher than normal.
• B) The number of eosinophils is higher than normal.
• C) The number of lymphocytes is higher than normal.
• D) The number of monocytes is higher than normal.

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