The pediatric nurse is monitoring a child for signs of hepatitis.Which documented assessment findings indicate that the child is experiencing the preicteric phase of this disease process?
A) Anorexia
B) Hepatomegaly
C) Jaundice
D) Nausea
E) Spleenomegaly

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Headache,anorexia,malaise,abdominal pain,nausea,and vomiting are characteristic of the preicteric phase,which lasts approximately 1 week and usually precedes the onset of clinically detectable disease.The most common symptoms of the icteric phase are jaundice and hepatomegaly,which may last several weeks.

The Pediatric Nurse Is Monitoring a Child for Signs of Hepatitis.Which