A19 year old male college student went to the health center on campus with symptoms of sore throat, fatigue, malaise and a slight fever. a cbc was performed and both the rbc and wbc counts were within normal limits. a rapid strep test was performed and the results were negative. a slide agglutination test for infectious mononucleosis was indeterminate, although results of a slide agglutination test for crp were positive. results of a semiquantitiative crp determination indicated an increased level of approximately 20 mg/dl. the student was advised to rerturn in a few days for a repeat mononucleosis test how does a test result showing an increase in crp in a presumptive diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis?

Rita schmidt, 74 years of age, is a female patient who was admitted to the surgical unit after undergoing removal of a section of the colon for colorectal cancer. the patient does not have a colostomy. the patient has several small abdominal incisions and a clear dressing over each site. the incisions are well approximated and the staples are dry and intact. there is a jackson-pratt drain intact with minimal serous sanguineous drainage present. the patient has a salem sump tube connected to low continuous wall suction that is draining a small amount of brown liquid. the patient has no bowel sounds. the foley catheter has a small amount of dark amber-colored urine without sediments. the patient has sequential compression device (scd) in place. the nurse performs an assessment and that the patient's breath sounds are decreased bilaterally in the bases and the patient has inspiratory crackles. the patient's cardiac assessment is within normal limits. the patient is receiving o2 at 2 l per nasal hg; heart rate 110 bpm; respiratory rate 16 breaths/min; and the patient is afebrile. the patient is confused as to place and time. cannula with a pulse oximetry reading of 95%. the vital signs include: blood pressure, 100/50 mm. a. explain the assessment parameters used to provide clues to detect postoperative problems early and the interventions needed. b. what gerontological postoperative considerations should the nurse make?