The nurse is caring for a client with sickle cell anemia.The nurse teaches the client that the inherited alteration of which type of hemoglobin causes the abnormal shape to the red blood cell?
A) Hgb A
B) Hgb S
C) Hgb B
D) Hgb E

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A) The inherited alteration of Hgb S causes the abnormal sickle-shaped red blood cell in sickle cell anemia.
B) The inherited alteration of Hgb S causes the abnormal sickle-shaped red blood cell in sickle cell anemia.
C) The inherited alteration of Hgb S causes the abnormal sickle-shaped red blood cell in sickle cell anemia.
D) The inherited alteration of Hgb S causes the abnormal sickle-shaped red blood cell in sickle cell anemia.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Client with Sickle Cell