The nurse is educating a patient diagnosed with anemia of chronic renal failure about the disease.Which statements made by the nurse are correct regarding the patient's treatment?
A) "Since your glomerular filtration is 13 mL/min, you'll be started on dialysis."
B) "Your hematocrit is 29%, so you're going to start on erythropoietin therapy."
C) "Your hemoglobin is 9 g/dl, so you'll need erythropoietin therapy."
D) "We need to get your hemoglobin up to at least 15 g/dl"
E) "You're going to need iron, folate, and B12 therapy to help improve your blood counts."
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