Prep U test 2 part 2
A client with anemia has been admitted to the medical-surgical unit. Which assessment findings are characteristic of iron deficiency anemia?
Dyspnea, tachycardia, and pallor
_______ play a key role in response to parasitic and allergic diseases.
Eosinophils
What factor in plasma can be transformed from a liquid to a solid?
Fibrinogen
Albumin is a protein in the plasma portion of the blood. Under normal conditions albumin cannot pass through the wall of a capillary. What significance is this for the vascular compartment?
Helps retain fluid in the vascular compartment.
Which term describes the percentage of blood volume that consists of erythrocytes?
Hematocrit
A nurse provides nutritional information for a patient diagnosed with an iron-deficiency anemia. What education should the nurse provide?
Increase the intake of green, leafy vegetables.
Albumin is produced by which of the following?
Liver
A nurse cares for a client with iron-deficiency anemia. Which treatment will the nurse anticipate the client receiving?
Oral iron supplementation
A client at the clinic has just been diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. What would you recommend the client consume to promote the absorption of iron?
Rich sources of vitamin C
The client is to receive a unit of packed red blood cells. What is the nurse's first action?
Verify that the client has signed a written consent form.
A client comes into the emergency department reporting an enlarged tongue. The tongue appears smooth and beefy red in color. The nurse also observes a 5-cm incision on the upper left quadrant of the abdomen. When questioned, the client states, "I had a partial gastrostomy 2 years ago." Based on this information, the nurse attributes these symptoms to which problem?
Vitamin B12 deficiency
The nurse is caring for a client with external bleeding. What is the nurse's priority intervention?
direct pressure
