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Weakness, fatigue, dizziness, paleness, feeling cold, and  rapid heart rate are examples of what clinical manifestation?

What is Anemia

100

A hallmark of this inherited condition is characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia with baseline hemoglobin levels often between 6-9 g/dl

What is sickle cell

100

What type of immunity occurs when a breastfeeding mother passes her immunity to her infant?

What is passive immunity

100
This disorder is known for having numerous immature white blood cells.

What is Leukemia

100

Hemoglobin carries "blank" to the cells

What is oxygen

200

This disorder is known for stomatitis, glossitis, and lacking the production or intake of intrinsic factor. It can occur with aging or after bariatric surgery.

What is Pernicious Anemia

200
What would the nurse suspect if the client's WBC count was 15,000 with a fever of 101.5?

The client has an infection

200

This type of immunity is known as the second defense and composed of the thymus, spleen, bone marrow, and lymph

What is Artificially acquired immunity/ Active

200

Increased Ca levels, renal insufficiency, anemia, and bone lesions are s/s of what disorder?

What is multiple myeloma

200

This Lymphocyte is always on surveillance fights fungal infections, tissue rejection.

What is the T-cell

300

This disorder is common in older adults, alcoholism, and GI disorders.  Patients ware known to have a beefy tongue.

What is Folic-Acid Deficiency Anemia

300

A female client with an H/H of 13.0/36% would indicate what to the nurse?

That the patient's hemoglobin and hematocrit are within normal limits

300

If a client develops an anaphylaxis reaction the first medication used for treatment is "blank"

What is an Epi-pen

300

Nursing management for a patient with Leukemia includes what?

What is preventing infection 

300

Management of a sickle cell crisis would include what measures

What is pain management, oxygen therapy, IV fluids, Bedrest and blood transfusion
400

Nursing Management for this disorder includes, phlebotomy, low Fe diet, administration of allopurinol, anticoagulants, and antineoplastics.

What is Polycythemia Vera

400

A  patient with a CD4 count of less than 200 would indicate what to the nurse.

The client is prognosis has pressed to AIDS

400

The ELISA, Western Blot, Indirect Florescent Microscope, and PCR RNA tests are used to diagnose what disorder

What is HIV

400

This disorder includes a general reduction in WBC (neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils) 

What is Agranulocytosis, 

causes could be drug toxicity

s/s fatigue, fever, opportunistic infection

tx stop cause, use a colony stimulating factor (see notes)

400

What type of patient would require neutropenic precautions would include what specific measures are they?

Pt undergoing chemo/radiation, bone marrow transplant, low WBC count. What is patient is placed in a private room, no fresh flowers, fruit, vegetables, and mask must be worn when patient's leave room
500

Common cues of this disorder include petechiae, purpura, ecchymosis, and bleeding.

What is Thrombocytopenia

500
A Client with a platelet count of 55,000 would indicate what to the nurse?

What is Thombocytopenia

500
Outside factors known to cause immunosuppression?

What is drug induced, malnutrition, radiation, chemotherapy, disease process, surgical removal

500

This type of Lymphoma has the presence of Reed-Sternberg Cells

What is Hodgkin's Lymphoma

500

Bleeding precautions would include which of the following measures?

What is no Aspirin/NSAIDS, protecting the patient from injury, use of small needles and electric razor. o