NCLEX-PN Practice Q 3

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The nurse is caring for a client with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The major complication associated with systemic lupus erythematosus is:

  

     A. Meningitis

     B. Nephritis

     C. Cardiomegaly

     D. Desquamation

    

    

Correct Answer: B. Nephritis

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Option B: Systemic lupus erythematosus is a form of lupus and an autoimmune disease in which the antibodies attack the body’s own cells and tissue causing inflammation and damage to organs such as the kidneys resulting in complications such as nephritis.

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Options A and C: SLE affects the musculoskeletal, integumentary, renal, nervous, and cardiovascular systems, but the major complication is renal involvement.

Option D: SLE produces a “butterfly” rash, not desquamation.

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