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NCLEX-PN

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An RN is making a room assignment for a 6-year-old child with pancytopenia. No private rooms are available. The nurse expects the RN to place the child with:
  1. Another child who complains of blurring of vision with green halos surrounding the images
  2. Another child who is admitted due to fever, vomiting, and watery stool
  3. Another child who is admitted with fluid-filled blistery-rash
  4. Another child with small itchy bumps and blisters on the skin
Explanation
Answer: A - The client in option A is experiencing signs of digoxin toxicity, which makes the child the best roommate for the client with pancytopenia. Clients with pancytopenia are immunocompromised and they are best placed in rooms with clients who are free from infectious disease.
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