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, Question 1
1 out of 1 points
A nurse monitors for the most common childhood cancer, which is:
Selected Answer: a.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A 58-year-old female presents in the clinic presenting with fatigue,
weight loss, and tingling in her fingers. Laboratory findings show
low hemoglobin and hematocrit, a high mean corpuscular volume,
and normal plasma iron. These assessment findings are consistent
with which type of anemia?
Selected Answer: b.
Pernicious anemia
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A 34-year-old male presents in the emergency room with extreme
fatigue and shortness of breath. His skin and sclera appear to have a
yellowish discoloration. These assessment findings are consistent
with which type of anemia?
Selected Answer: d.
Hemolytic anemia
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
A 65-year-old male experienced loss of appetite, weight loss, lemon-
yellow skin, liver enlargement, and a beefy red tongue shortly before
his death. Autopsy suggested pernicious anemia, and the cause of
death would most likely reveal:
, Selected Answer: c.
Heart failure
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A 40-year-old male vegetarian is diagnosed with folate deficiency
anemia. He reports that he is an alcoholic. Which of the following
factors put him at greatest risk for developing his disease?
Selected Answer: b.
Being alcoholic
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
A 35-year-old female is diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency
anemia (pernicious anemia). How should the nurse respond when the
patient asks what causes pernicious anemia? A decrease in ______ is
the most likely cause.
Selected Answer: c.
Intrinsic factor
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A 52-year-old male IV drug user was diagnosed with hepatitis C 5
years ago. He is now experiencing impaired blood clotting. The nurse
suspects a decrease in which of the following vitamins?
Selected Answer: a.
K
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A 45-year-old male is diagnosed with macrocytic, normochromic
anemia. The nurse suspects the most likely cause of this condition is:
Selected Answer: a.
Defective DNA synthesis
, Question 9
1 out of 1 points
A 5-year-old female is diagnosed with acute leukemia. The nurse will
most likely treat this patient with:
Selected Answer: c.
Chemotherapy
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A nurse is teaching the staff about platelets. Which information
should the nurse include? In addition to playing a role in hemostasis,
platelets have the ability to:
Selected Answer: b.
Release biochemical mediators of inflammation
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
A 45-year-old female undergoes a splenectomy to remove a tumor.
Which of the following assessment finding is most likely to occur
following surgery?
Selected Answer: a.
Leukocytosis
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
A 67-year-old female has chronic gastrointestinal bleeding. A nurse
recalls the primary cause of her anemia is:
Selected Answer: b.
Iron deficiency
Question 13
1 out of 1 points
A group of cells isolated in the laboratory have membrane-bound
granules in their cytoplasm and they show phagocytic activity. Which
of the following cells is most similar?
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