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NURS660 Hematology Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers A patient is experiencing shortness of breath, pallor, and dizziness. Do you suspect an acute or chronic anemia? - answerAcute blood loss Chronic is often asymptomatic until very severe What does an MCV value tell you? What is a norm...

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A patient is experiencing shortness of breath, pallor, and dizziness. Do you suspect an acute or

chronic anemia? - answer✔Acute blood loss




Chronic is often asymptomatic until very severe

What does an MCV value tell you? What is a normal value? What would a low and high value

be called? - answer✔the size of the RBC




normal: 80-100

>100: macrocytic (large RBC)

<80: microcyctic (small RBC)

What does an MCHC value tell you? What is a normal value? What would a low and high value

be called? - answer✔the "color" of the RBC or how saturated it is with HGB


Normal: 32-37

high value not a thing

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<32: hypochromic (lacking HGB)

What does an RDW value tell you? What is a normal value? What would a low and high value

be called? - answer✔essentially how far apart the RBCs are from each other - the further apart,

the less RBCs, otherwise they would be closer just based on the sheer volume




ranges about 11-15% but for testing purposes I think it will just say elevated or low

Describe in what types of infections/scenarios the types of WBCs would be elevated.

Neutrophil

Lymphocyte

Eosinophils

Monocytes


Basophils - answer✔Neutrophil: first line for bacterial infection


Lymphocyte: first line for viral infection

Eosinophils: allergies, parasitic infections

Monocytes: share function with neutrophils, only elevated in SEVERE infections

Basophils: parasitic, allergic, inflammation


If your CBC comes back abnormal, what is something you can do next? - answer✔add on a

peripheral smear if you didn't get one already

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Anisocytosis on your peripheral smear is/is not concerning - answer✔not concerning


normal size variant


Blasts on your peripheral smear is/is not concerning - answer✔Very concerning


blasts = red flag for leukemia, requires an oncology referral

blasts should remain in bone marrow until mature and ready to be released


Smudge cells on peripheral smear are seen with - answer✔CLL


What are the two smear cells you may see on a patient with IDA? - answer✔ovalcyte/elliptocyte

OR teardrop cells


Target cells and basophilic stippling on smears are indicative of... - answer✔thalassemia


Spherocytes on smear may indicate - answer✔hemolytic anemia


What is the most common trigger for the bone marrow to produce more RBCs? -

answer✔decrease in o2


Name the normal lab values for these labs

RBC

Hemoglobin


Hematocrit - answer✔RBC: 4.1-5.8


Hgb: 12-16 in women

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