Ineffective Clotting N440 Unit 3 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are some ways to prevent risk for bleeding? - CORRECT ANSWER - Low fat diet,
take iron supplements, stop smoking, electric razors, soft bristled tooth brushes, be careful with
falls, avoid traumas, don't strain when having a bowel movement.
What is ITP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura, or Immune
Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
What causes ITP? - CORRECT ANSWER - caused by thrombocytopenia, purpura, normal
bone marrow with increased number of immature platelets or eosinophils.
Who is most likely to get ITP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Most common after a viral
infection in children
Who is more likely to have chronic ITP? - CORRECT ANSWER - This is more common
in adults
What lab work would you want to diagnose ITP? - CORRECT ANSWER - CBC, Blood
Smear, bone marrow biopsy
Why would you want a bone marrow biopsy? - CORRECT ANSWER - This is where
RBCs are produced.
What are we looking for with the CBC and Blood smear? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
platelets, the body is seeing these as foreign objects so it is destroying them.
How do we prevent ITP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Avoid injuries, take bleeding
precautions
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are some ways to prevent risk for bleeding? - CORRECT ANSWER - Low fat diet,
take iron supplements, stop smoking, electric razors, soft bristled tooth brushes, be careful with
falls, avoid traumas, don't strain when having a bowel movement.
What is ITP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura, or Immune
Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
What causes ITP? - CORRECT ANSWER - caused by thrombocytopenia, purpura, normal
bone marrow with increased number of immature platelets or eosinophils.
Who is most likely to get ITP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Most common after a viral
infection in children
Who is more likely to have chronic ITP? - CORRECT ANSWER - This is more common
in adults
What lab work would you want to diagnose ITP? - CORRECT ANSWER - CBC, Blood
Smear, bone marrow biopsy
Why would you want a bone marrow biopsy? - CORRECT ANSWER - This is where
RBCs are produced.
What are we looking for with the CBC and Blood smear? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
platelets, the body is seeing these as foreign objects so it is destroying them.
How do we prevent ITP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Avoid injuries, take bleeding
precautions
