Which Laboratory Test Should a Nurse Monitor to Determine If

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which laboratory test should a nurse monitor to determine if a patient is responding to the administration of iron for iron-deficiency anemia?

• A)Eosinophils
• B)Lymphocytes
• C)Monocytes
• D)Reticulocytes

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Definitions:

Random Variable

A variable whose possible values are outcomes of a statistical experiment and which can vary randomly.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 (impossible) and 1 (certain).

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A distribution used to predict the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space, given a constant mean rate of occurrence.

Defects

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