Iron Therapy
ALL ABOUT ANEMIA
TREATMENTS
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
100
THIS IRON SUPPLEMENT IS MOST OFTEN GIVEN PO
What is FERROUS SULFATE
100
THIS IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE MISSING THE INTRINSIC FACTOR IN THE GASTRIC JUICES WHICH ASSIST WITH THE ABSORPTION OF VITAMIN B 12
What is PERNICIOUS ANEMIA
100
AS THE NURSE, YOU SHOULD INFORM PATIENTS WITH PERNICIOUS ANEMIA THAT VITAMIN B12 SUPPLEMENTS WILL BE PRESCRIBED AND SHOULD BE TAKEN _______.
What is FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE
100
A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA MAY EXPERIENCE BACKACHE, BONE PAIN THAT IS WORSE WITH MOVEMENT, OR ___________ AND SEVERE PAIN.
What is FRACTURES (PATHOLOGICAL)
100
A TRANSFUSION REACTION USUALLY OCCURS WITHIN THE FIRST _______ OF THE INFUSION.
What is 10-15 MINUTES
200
THIS PARENTERAL IRON SUPPLIMENT IS ONLY GIVEN IN SEVERE CASES OF ANEMIA
What is IRON DEXTRAN
200
AN ANEMIA WHERE RBC ARE DETROYED IN THE BODY PREMATURELY (CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSFUSION REACTIONS)
What is HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
200
A PATIENT WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE SHOULD BE REMINDED THAT _______ AND _______ SHOULD BE AVOIDED AS THEY CAN CAUSE FURTHER COMPLICATIONS.
What is ALCOHOL AND STREET DRUGS
200
THESE ARE PURPLE SPOTS AND PATCHES THAT MAY BE A SIGN OF THROMBOCYTOPENIA
What is PURPURA
200
IF A REACTION TO THE BLOOD OCCURS THE NURSE IMMEDIATELY...
What is STOPS THE TRANSFUSION
300
THE ADMINISTRATION OF PARENTERAL IRON SHOULD BE DONE USING THIS METHOD
What is Z-TRACK
300
THIS ANEMIA IS DEFINED AS DECREASED RBC, DECREASED WBC, AND DECREASED PLATELETS
What is APLASTIC ANEMIA
300
THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED TREATMENT FOR POLYCYTHEMIA VERA...
What is PHLEBOTOMY
300

 CHARACTERIZED AS BLEEDING IN THE JOINTS, PRODUCING SWELLING, PAIN, WARMTH, AND LIMITATION OF MOVEMENT...

What is Hemophilia 

300
THIS FLUID IS COMPATIBLE AND SHOULD BE HANGING AND READILY AVAILABLE WITH ANY BLOOD TRANSFUSION.
What is NORMAL SALINE
400
THIS MAY INCREASE THE ABSORPTION OF ORAL IRON SUPPLEMENTS
What is VITAMIN C
400
SICKLE CELL DISEASE IS A GENETIC DISORDER AND TYPE OF ANEMIA THAT MUST BE INHERITED BY_________ PARENT(S)
What is BOTH
400
THESE TYPES OF CANCER TREATMENT DESTROYS GOOD AND BAD CELLS
What is CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION
400
THIS IS USUALLY THE FIRST SIGN OF DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION...
What is BLEEDING FROM AN INJECTION SITE
400
WHEN TRANSFUSING BLOOD PRODUCTS, THE INFUSION MUST BEGIN WITHIN ______ MINUTES
What is 30
500
IRON SUPPLEMENTS GIVEN IN LIQUID FORM MAY STAIN TEETH AND GUMS. INSTRUCT CLIENT TO TAKE MEDICATIONS USING....
What is A STRAW
500
DISEASE WHERE EXCESSIVE PRODUCTION OF RBC'S CAUSING THE BLOOD TO BECOME THICK FROM INCREASED NUMBER OF CELLS.
What is POLYCYTHEMIA VERA
500
A PATIENT WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA AND AN ACUTE BLEED MAY NEED THIS TREATMENT TO CONTROL THE HEMORRHAGE.
What is PLATELET TRANSFUSION
500
CIRCULATORY OVERLOAD SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE
What is COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, PULMONARY CONGESTION
500
BLOOD PRODUCTS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE LONGER THAN ______
What is 4 HOURS
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