Exam 30: Nursing Assessment: Hematologic System

While examining the lymph nodes during physical assessment, the nurse would be most concerned about

When caring for a patient with a chronic iron deficiency anemia, the nurse will assess for

The nurse who is reviewing laboratory data for an 86-year-old patient will be most concerned about

The history and physical for a newly admitted patient states that the complete blood count ( CBC ) shows a "shift to the left." The nurse will plan to monitor the patient for

A confused patient with pancytopenia of unknown origin is scheduled for the following diagnostic tests. The nurse should contact the patient's family member to sign a consent form before the

The complete blood count ( CBC ) and differential indicate that a patient is neutropenic. Which action should the nurse include in the plan of care?

The health care provider performs a bone marrow aspiration from the left posterior iliac crest on a patient with pancytopenia. Following the procedure, the nurse should

When reviewing the complete blood count ( CBC ) for a patient admitted with abdominal pain, which information will be most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?

The health care provider orders an ultrasound of the spleen for a patient who has been in a car accident. Which action should the nurse take before this procedure?

In the patient who had an intraoperative hemorrhage 12 hours ago, the nurse would expect to find hematology results indicating

While obtaining a health history from a patient with numerous petechiae on the skin, the nurse asks the patient specifically about the patient's use of

A patient's complete blood count shows a hemoglobin of 20 g/dL and a hematocrit of 54%. Which question should the nurse ask to determine possible causes of this finding?

When doing discharge teaching for a patient who has had an emergency splenectomy following an automobile accident, the nurse will teach the patient about the increased risk for

When caring for a patient who is receiving heparin, the nurse will monitor

When evaluating the red cell indices of a patient, the nurse knows that a low mean corpuscular volume (MCV) indicates