Exam 21: Disorders of Oxygen Transport

The nurse is providing dietary instructions to a pregnant patient. The nurse recommends that the daily intake of iron should be:

Which laboratory result confirms to the nurse that therapy for pernicious anemia has been effective?

During physical examination of a patient with sickle cell disease in a vaso-occlusive crisis, the nurse would be most likely to assess which hallmark finding?

Which response by the nurse is best when the mother states that she gives her 10-month-old baby 45 mg/day of iron?

The plan of care for a patient with anemia due to alcoholism should include administration of which vitamin?

To increase absorption of dietary iron, the nurse recommends that a patient with anemia drink which beverage with meals?

The nurse caring for a patient with anemia of chronic disease (ACD) would expect which of the following laboratory results?

The effectiveness of erythropoietin therapy in the patient with renal disease can be confirmed by which laboratory finding?

The nurse is counseling a couple who would like to start a family. The man has sickle cell disease and the woman does not have sickle cell disease or the sickle cell trait. Which statement by the man indicates an understanding of the transmission of the disease?

Which vital signs would the nurse expect to find in a patient with anemia?

Which assessment data indicates to the nurse that a patient has a chronic iron deficiency?

The nursing history indicates that a patient with sickle cell disease (SCD) has had numerous blood transfusions in the last three months. When assessing the patient, the nurse should be alert for which condition?

During the admission history of a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome, the nurse should question the patient about exposure to:

Which of the following statements made by a patient with polycythemia indicates an understanding of the disease?

A child with sickle cell anemia is admitted to the pediatric unit for erythrocytapheresis. The nursing plan of care should include preparing for which of the following treatments?

Which of the following should be included in the teaching plan for a child with sickle cell anemia?

Which instruction should be included in the teaching plan for a patient with hemochromatosis?

The nurse is teaching health promotion and maintenance to a patient with aplastic anemia. Which action by the patient should be a priority?

Which laboratory assessment data indicates to the nurse that a patient has anemia?

Which nursing intervention should be included in the plan of care for a patient with polycythemia vera?