Pharmacology Ch 49 (2)

A client diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia is learning about her prescribed iron supplement. Which additional information would the nurse include in the client's teaching plan?

"If constipation or diarrhea become severe, call your primary care provider."

The home care nurse is caring for a client who is self-administering epoetin. What assessment is most important for the nurse to complete during the visit?

Blood pressure

The mature red blood cell contains a nucleus.

False

After reviewing the major types of anemia, students demonstrate understanding of the information when they identify what as an example of a hemolytic anemia?

Sickle cell anemia

All hematopoietic and immune blood cells are derived from which cells in the bone marrow?

Stem cells

Cyanocobalamin is a vitamin B12 in a nasal formulation.

True

There is a risk of antibody production with the use of epoetin.

True Rationale: Use of any therapeutic protein brings with it the risk of antibody production. All of the erythropoietic proteins now carry a warning about the potential for this problem.

A nursing instructor is teaching students about the myelin sheath of the central nervous system (CNS). The nurse knows that teaching has been effective when a student identifies which vitamin as necessary for the formation of the myelin sheath in the CNS?

Vitamin B12

A client, diagnosed with chronic renal failure, has begun experiencing increasing shortness of breath. The nurse suspects that the client is experiencing symptoms associated with which resulting condition?

anemia

A client has been receiving regular doses of epoetin alfa for several weeks, and the home care nurse has been monitoring the client's condition closely. When taking the client's vital signs, the nurse should pay particular attention to what assessment datum?

blood pressure

A client has been diagnosed with genital warts. Which medication would the nurse anticipate being prescribed?

interferon alfa-2b

A patient comes to the clinic reporting fatigue and pica. Laboratory findings reveal a low serum iron level and a low ferritin level. Upon evaluation of this assessment and laboratory data, the nurse suspects that the patient will be diagnosed with:

iron deficiency anemia

A client, currently prescribed epoetin alfa, has recent blood work that reveals a hemoglobin level of 12.8 g/dL. What action does this assessment finding necessitate regarding the epoetin alfa?

temporarily withholding administration

Which patient will be at the greatest risk for anemia and be the most likely candidate for epoetin alfa therapy?

A 62-year-old male with cancer

A patient who is HIV positive is receiving zidovudine 4,2000 mg/week and has an endogenous erythropoietin level of 350 mU/mL. What does the nurse anticipate will be administered for this patient?

Erythropoietin

What would be the priority nursing diagnosis for a patient who is prescribed epoetin alfa?

Impaired tissue oxygenation related to anemia

A nurse has been assigned to a 43-year-old man who is to receive epoetin alfa therapy. The patient is HIV-positive and has anemia related to zidovudine therapy. The nurse will monitor:

Iron levels

Which would the nurse expect the health care provider to prescribe for a client receiving methotrexate?

Leucovorin Rationale: Leucovorin is used as a rescue drug following methotrexate therapy to decrease the toxicity of methotrexate caused by decreased elimination or overdose of folic acid antagonists such as trimethoprim and for treatment of various megaloblastic anemias.

After teaching a group of students about the types of anemia, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which anemia results from an inability to produce the intrinsic factor?

Pernicious anemia

The nurse is caring for a patient with chronic kidney disease who is receiving epoetin alfa. Which assessment finding would be of greatest concern for the nurse?

Reports of calf pain on dorsiflexion of the foot