Exam 28: Determinants and Assessment of Hematologic Function

A patient is admitted with left lower thoracic rib injuries.The nurse realizes this injury could result in which problem for this patient?

A patient is scheduled to have his tonsils removed.The nurse realizes that this procedure could result in deficiency of which immunoglobulin?

A patient suffered severe trunk and lower extremity injury in a motor vehicle accident.Which injuries would indicate to the nurse that this patient may have dysfunction of normal hemostasis? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

A wound on a patient's leg has stopped bleeding.The nurse would attribute this to which physiologic occurrence?

A patient tells the nurse that he thought he had a varicella vaccine as a child.His daughter has just developed varicella.What information should the nurse provide? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

The nurse caring for a patient with an infected leg wound realizes that neutrophils and macrophages will arrive to the wound as a part of the natural body response.How would the nurse explain this process to the patient?

The patient has developed a "shift to the left." The nurse would expect which value on the complete blood count?

A patient being admitted for knee surgery says,"Everyone in my office is sick all of the time,but I never get sick." How would the nurse evaluate this statement?

A man with assessment findings associated with prostate cancer is having the tumor-associated antigen PSA drawn.The nurse anticipates this level will be used for which purposes? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

A patient is admitted with iron deficiency anemia.The nurse assesses this patient for the presence of which most likely finding?

The mother of a young child tells the nurse that when she was breastfeeding her baby,he never had any colds or infections but now that he is weaned,he seems to be sick all of the time.What should the nurse explain to the mother?

A patient was admitted through the emergency department with fractures of the skull,ribs,and both femurs sustained from a motor vehicle accident.The nurse provides care based on changes in which pathophysiological process?

A patient diagnosed with leukemia has minimal white blood cells.The nurse realizes which intervention may be indicated for this patient?

A patient is admitted with a leg wound with a large amount of pus exudate.The nurse assesses that which part of the immune process is functioning?

A patient is being treated for anemia after a postpartum hemorrhage.The nurse would expect that this patient's erythrocytes would have which appearance? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

A patient's admission laboratory work reveals a platelet count of 90,000/mcL.Which interventions should the nurse implement? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

A patient is concerned that the disease that has affected his horses will cause him to become ill.What information should the nurse provide?

A patient is diagnosed with a low red blood cell count.The nurse should assess this patient for which finding?

A patient is prescribed vitamin B12 injections.What information should the nurse provide when starting this medication?

A patient is being evaluated for a kidney transplant.Which individual is most likely the best candidate to donate this organ?