HODGE PODGE
Chills, hypotension, back and chest pain, temp increase greater than 2 degrees, pruritus, SOB.
WHAT ARE SIGNS OF A BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION?
THESE WHITE BLOOD CELLS PROVIDE THE INITIAL PROTECTIVE RESPONSE DURING AN INFECTION.
WHAT ARE NEUTROPHILS AND MACROPHAGES?
STAGE OF CANCER WHERE CANCER CELLS MIGRATE AND MAY CAUSE SECONDARY TUMORS?
WHAT IS METASTASIS?
CAUSES CONSTIPATION, TAKE WITH VITAMIN C TO AID IN ABSORPTION, CAN STAIN TEETH, CAUSES STOOLS TO TURN BLACK
WHAT TO TEACH WHEN TAKING FERROUS SULFATE (IRON SUPPLEMENT)?
MAJOR CAUSE OF IMMUNODEFICIENCY IN CLIENTS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY.
WHAT IS REDUCTION OF THE BONE MARROW PRODUCTION OF WBCs?
INCREASE HYDRATION and AVOID HIGH ALTITUDES
WHAT ARE THINGS TO TEACH A PATIENT WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE?
Decrease in leukocytes, thromobocytes and erythrocytes.
What is Pancytopenia?
THIS IS A COMMON SIGN THAT CANCER HAS SPREAD FROM THE SITE OF ORIGIN TO THE BONE.
WHAT IS SEVERE PAIN?
LACK OF INTRINSIC FACTOR CAUSES A DEFICIENCY IN VITAMIN B12, PARESTHESIA OF THE FEET AND HANDS MAY BE PRESENT
WHAT IS PERNICIOUS ANEMIA?
INTERVENTIONS FOR A CLIENT WITH NEUTROPENIA CAUSED BY CHEMOTHERAPY.
WHAT IS GOOD HANDWASHING, MONITOR FOR FEVER, EAT LOW-BACTERIA DIET, NO FRESH FLOWERS IN ROOM, WEAR A MASK, USE DISPOSABLE UTENSILS, AVOID CROWDS, AVOID PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK?
AN INCREASED NUMBER OF BANDS (IMMATURE WHITE BLOOD CELLS) IS SEEN ON CBC RESULTS FOR A PATIENT WITH THIS CONDITION.
WHAT IS SEPSIS (BACTERIAL INFECTION)?
An increase in RBCs, WBCs and Platelets will be seen in this type of anemia
WHAT IS POLYCYTHEMIA VERA?
NON-MALIGNANT TUMOR THAT IS REMOVED TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING TISSUE
WHAT ARE BENIGN TUMORS?
HYDRATION THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC PHLEBOTOMY
WHAT IS TREATMENT FOR POLYCYTHEMIA VERA?
MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN DELIVERED IN SMALL DOSES OVER LONGER PERIOD OF TIME
WHAT IS FRACTIONATED DOSES OF RADIATION?
PROTECT PATIENTS FROM INJURY AND CLOSELY MONITOR FOR BLEEDING IN PATIENTS WITH THIS DISORDER.
WHAT IS HEMOPHILIA?
A DECREASED NUMBER OF PLATELETS MAY RESULT IN NOSE BLEEDS AND HEMOPTYSIS IN THIS CONDITION.
WHAT IS THROMBOCYTOPENIA?
THIS TYPE OF CANCER HAS AN ABNORMAL PRODUCTION OF IMMATURE WBCs IN THE BONE MARROW AND IS DIAGNOSED WITH A BONE MARROW BIOPSY.
WHAT IS LEUKEMIA?
FATIGUE, WEAKNESS, PALLOR, DYSPNEA AT REST (SEVERE CASE)
WHAT ARE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ANEMIA?
TYPE OF CANCER TREATMENT TO INCREASE QUALITY OF LIFE AND COMFORT
WHAT IS PALLIATIVE?
PATIENTS WITH THIS HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE ARE LIKELY TO DIE OF OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS.
WHAT IS HIV / AIDS?
RBCS, HGB, HCT
WHAT ARE LABS TO MONITOR IN A PATIENT WITH ANEMIA?
THIS IS DONE TO DIAGNOSE VARIOUS TYPES OF LEUKEMIAS
WHAT IS A BONE MARROW BIOPSY?
STOOL COLLECTION AND HEMOCULT SLIDE IS USED TO DETECT THIS CONDITION
WHAT IS A GI BLEED?
WHEN ALL THREE PROCESSES OF INFLAMMATION, HUMORAL IMMUNITY AND CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY ARE FUNCTIONING AND INTERACTING TOGETHER
WHAT IS IMMUNOCOMPETENCE?