D.W. is a 23-year-old married woman with 3 children under 5 years old. She came to...

D.W. is a 23-year-old married woman with 3 children under 5 years old. She came to the clinic where you work with a vague complaint of intermittent fatigue, joint pain and low-grade fever. You notice a scaly rash across her nose, cheeks, back and chest.

1) What laboratory tests do anticipate will be ordered?

2) D.W. was subsequently diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematous (SLE). She questions what SLE is, how would you answer her?

3) What are you going to teach her about self-care behaviors related to SLE?

4) D.W. has been ordered prednisone 20 mg by mouth every day. What are you going to teach her about prednisone?

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