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If this grade elementary student asked the school nurse how much blood is in an entire body. The nurse respond that the average grown-up adult has

5 to 6 L of blood throughout his or her body

A student makes the statement to a colleague, blood plasma is essentially just a carrier for the formed elements like red blood cells and white blood cells. What would be the most accurate response to the statement?

Actually plasma place a significant role in nutrients and waste transport.

Following up on your biopsy which of the following assessments would indicate the patient is experiencing a complication as a result of the diagnostic procedure?

BP 90/60, heart rate 132, excess bleeding, hematoma noted at this insertion site.

We're talking about the various types of granulocytes, which granule contains heparin, and anti-coagulant?

Basophils have granules That contain heparin, an anticoagulant, histamine a vasodilator and other mediators of inflammation

A couple who is Expecting their first child has been advised by friends to consider harvesting umbilical cord blood in order to have a future source of stem cells. The couple have approached their caregiver with this request in a seeking clarification of exactly why stem cells are valuable and what they might expect to gain from harvesting it. How can their caregiver best respond to the couples inquiry? Stem cells can

Be used as a source of reserves sales for the entire blood production system

During science class a student asked what's the difference between plasma and serum and the blood? The nurse response at the primary difference between plasma and serum is a plasma

Fibrinogen.

Bloodwork of a 44-year-old male patient with a diagnosis of liver disease secondary to alcohol abuse indicates low levels of albumin. Which of the following phenomenon with a clinician be most justified and anticipating?

Fluid and balances. Albumin plays a central role in the maintenance of osomatic pressure and fluid balance.

When talking about the lifespan of various blood components, the student should know that once in neutrophil moves in a tissue it lose approximately for how long?

Four days.

Which of the following colony stimulating factors are CSF is given to ESRD patients to help with chronic anemia?

Erythropoietin EPO

And oncologist has ordered a bone marrow biopsy for client was explaining the reasons for the test and what the client might expect during the test. Which of the following exclamations best reflects an aspect of bone marrow biopsy?

I need to get samples of the types of blood cells that your body is producing.

And there's practitioners providing care for client with low levels of plasma proteins gammaglobulin. The nurse should recognize that the client is at risk of developing which of the following health problems?

Infections. The gammaglobulins or antibodies of the main system protect against infectious disease is

Which of the following statements best captures an aspect of the process of Hematopoiesis

Progenitor cells differentiate into precursor cells

A 29-year-old construction worker got a sliver under his fingernail four days ago the infected finger is now red and painful swollen and warm to the touch. Which of the following hematological processes is most likely occurring in the bone marrow in response to the infection?

Proliferation of immature and neutrophils. A part of the immune responses the proliferation of neutrophils in response to infectious organisms.

I'm looking at a granulocyte under a microscope, the anatomy student would describe it as a cell

Shaped like a sphere with a multi lobular nuclei

A hospital laboratory technician is performing routine blood analysis as part of an in patient assessment And is examining the sample and attest to following processing in a centrifuge in the addition of an anticoagulant. Which of the following observations with the technician most likely interpret as an anomaly?

The bottom layer of blood in the tube account for around 1/3 of the total volume.

A physician is explaining to a 40-year-old male patient the importance of completing his course of antibiotics for the treatment of tuberculosis. The physician explains the damage could occur to lung tissue by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Which of the following phenomenal I would underlie the physicians exclamation?

Macro phages form a capsule around the microbacterium tuberculosis bacteria, resulting in immune granulomas.

Following an injury resulting a small cut from a knife the first cells to go to the area of the coat would be the

Neutrophils. Neutrophils are very mobile and are the first cells to go to the area of tissue damage.

A nurse is writing care for several patients on an acute medical unit of a hospital. Which of the following patients would most likely to benefit from hematopoietic growth factors?

A 61-year-old female patient with an stage renal cancer

A geriatrician is following a number of clients on subacute geriatric medical unit, some of them require a diagnostic bloodwork. Which of the following clients would be most likely to have erythrocyte sedimentation rate yes our screening test ordered? An adult with

Systemic lupus erythematosus. Inflammatory disease such as lupus or common indicator for an ESR test.

Which of the following statements best conveys a characteristic of red blood cells?

They contribute to the maintenance of blood pH. Your other sites contribute to acid base balance to the production of by carbon hydrogen ions.


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