A client with cancer is being treated on the oncology unit for bilateral breast cancer. the client is undergoing chemotherapy. the nurse notes the client's serum calcium concentration is 12.3 mg/dl (3.08 mmol/l). given this laboratory finding, the nurse should suspect that the

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Ruby Daugherty

20 September, 23:49

A client with cancer is being treated on the oncology unit for bilateral breast cancer. the client is undergoing chemotherapy. the nurse notes the client's serum calcium concentration is 12.3 mg/dl (3.08 mmol/l). given this laboratory finding, the nurse should suspect that the

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Tania Short · Answer 1

A serum calcium concentration of this range only means that the cancer must be suspected to be a malignant one. So the nurse should suspect that the malignancy of the cancer is what is causing the electrolyte imbalance of the patient.