Terence, the nurse manager is providing an educational session to nursing staff members about the phases of viral hepatitis. The nurse manager tells the staff that which clinical manifestation(s) are primarily characteristic of the preicteric phase?
a. Right upper quadrant pain
b. Fatigue, anorexia, and nausea
c. Jaundice, dark-colored urine, and clay-colored tools
d. Pruritus
Answer B. In the preicteric phase, the client has nonspecific complaints of fatigue, anorexia, nausea, cough, and joint pain.
Options A, C, and D are clinical manifestations that occur in the icteric phase.
In the posticteric phase, jaundice decreases, the color of urine and stool return to normal, and the client’s appetite improves.
a. Right upper quadrant pain
b. Fatigue, anorexia, and nausea
c. Jaundice, dark-colored urine, and clay-colored tools
d. Pruritus
Answer B. In the preicteric phase, the client has nonspecific complaints of fatigue, anorexia, nausea, cough, and joint pain.
Options A, C, and D are clinical manifestations that occur in the icteric phase.
In the posticteric phase, jaundice decreases, the color of urine and stool return to normal, and the client’s appetite improves.
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