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Title: The nursing staff of an oncology unit cautions visitors to be free of infections Post by: nurse2mrow on Sep 16, 2014 The nursing staff of an oncology unit cautions visitors to be free of infections prior to visiting patients. The rationale for this precaution is because chemotherapy and decreased bone marrow production can cause:
1. hemorrhage. 2. neutropenia. 3. edema. 4. hypovolemia. This is for my medical nursing class Title: Re: The nursing staff of an oncology unit cautions visitors to be free of infections Post by: f_zah1 on Oct 23, 2014 Content hidden
Title: Re: The nursing staff of an oncology unit cautions visitors to be free of infections Post by: nurse2mrow on Oct 27, 2014 Thank you for this, it helped me understand it perfectly.
Title: Re: The nursing staff of an oncology unit cautions visitors to be free of infections Post by: f_zah1 on Oct 27, 2014 Welcome :)
Title: Re: The nursing staff of an oncology unit cautions visitors to be free of infections Post by: jeradline.domah on Jul 5, 2015 2 Neutropenia occurs when the total number of neutrophils is abnormally low, putting the patient at increased risk for infection. |