Exam 32: Hematologic Disorders

When the nurse prepares to give ferrous sulfate (Feosol)to a home health care patient,the nurse will:

At 10:00 AM,the nurse receives 2 units of blood for a patient to be transfused.The nurse should:

A 35-year-old man is examined in an urgent care clinic.His presenting symptoms suggest polycythemia vera.The laboratory value that would confirm this possible diagnosis is an extremely:

A nurse is completing an initial assessment on a new patient being seen in the hospital clinic.The presentation of this female patient includes vague symptoms of tiredness and large areas of ecchymosis.The question that would be most important to ask is:

A 52-year-old man has a diagnosis of aplastic anemia.The information that the nurse recognizes as being pertinent to this diagnosis is that the man:

The nurse caring for a patient receiving a transfusion assesses that the patient is wheezing and is complaining of back pain.After the nurse stops the transfusion,the nurse should:

The nurse explains that sickle cell crisis occurs when the sickle-shaped red blood cells:

The nurse notes the medical history information that is significant to potential bleeding problems as: (Select all that apply.)

The foods that the nurse would include in a nutrition teaching plan for a patient with iron-deficiency anemia are:

A newborn infant has developed significant jaundice and has a positive Coombs test result from high levels of bilirubin.The nurse has assessed the symptoms as being indicative of:

A child with sickle cell anemia is placed prescribed the drug hydroxyurea.The nurse explains that this drug will:

When assessing the patient with thrombocytopenia,the nurse observes for:

When the patient with a platelet count of 20,000/mm³ receives 1 unit of platelets,the platelet count should rise to:

The nurse explains that the major difference between fresh frozen plasma (FFP)and cryoprecipitate (CPP)is that FFP: (Select all that apply.)

The nurse caring for a patient who is having radiation treatment for cancer is alert to the threat of thrombocytopenia ______ days after the start of radiation.

In preparing discharge plans for a patient recently diagnosed with pernicious anemia,the nurse must include information regarding:

In helping prepare a nursing care plan for a 90-pound,82-year-old woman with iron-deficiency anemia with a hemoglobin of 5.2,the nurse agrees that the most appropriate nursing diagnosis would be:

The nurse taking the history of a patient who has come in for evaluation of the large areas of purpura on her limbs is alarmed when the patient confesses that she uses an alternative therapy of __________ for her menopausal symptoms.

The nurse explains that a normal hematocrit value is approximately:

The nurse plans the interventions to prepare a patient for a bone marrow aspiration: (Place the options in the correct sequence.)