Exam 3 NUR 621 Quiz Questions
& Complete Correct Answers
What should the treatment of anemia of chronic disease always include?
A. attempt to correct the underlying disorder.
B. packed red blood cell transfusions.
C. vitamin C and iron.
D. treatment with erythropoietin. - correct answer ✔✔A. attempt to correct the underlying
disorder.
A 73-year-old male has been diagnosed with a macrocytic normochromic anemia. What should
the next step in the work-up include?
A. Vitamin B-12 and folate levels
B. Colonoscopy
C. MCV
D. Bone marrow biopsy - correct answer ✔✔A. Vitamin B-12 and folate levels
The morphologic approach to classifying anemia begins with identifying which lab value?
A. mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of the RBCs.
B. red cell distribution width (RDW) of the RBCs.
C. mean corpuscle hemoglobin (MCH) of the RBCs.
, D. mean corpuscle hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) of the RBCs. - correct answer ✔✔A.
mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of the RBCs.
After confirming the diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia on a patient, what would be the next
essential test?
A. PT/INR
B. CT Scan Abdomen
C. stool guaiac test X 3
D. prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT) - correct answer ✔✔C. stool guaiac
test X 3
The nurse practitioner is evaluating a young adult female with heavy menorrhagia and anemia.
The CBC shows a mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of 60. Your next step is to order which lab
tests?
A. Vitamin B12 and Folate levels
B. Hemoglobin and Hematocrit
C. Serum ferritin and total iron binding capacity (TIBC)
D. Mean corpuscle hemoglobin (MCH) and Red cell distribution width (RDW) - correct answer
✔✔C. Serum ferritin and total iron binding capacity (TIBC)
A 28-year-old male has just been diagnosed with sickle cell disease. What is/are the symptom(s)
that he most likely presented with at diagnosis?
A. urinary retention
B. epistaxis
C. low back and hip pain
& Complete Correct Answers
What should the treatment of anemia of chronic disease always include?
A. attempt to correct the underlying disorder.
B. packed red blood cell transfusions.
C. vitamin C and iron.
D. treatment with erythropoietin. - correct answer ✔✔A. attempt to correct the underlying
disorder.
A 73-year-old male has been diagnosed with a macrocytic normochromic anemia. What should
the next step in the work-up include?
A. Vitamin B-12 and folate levels
B. Colonoscopy
C. MCV
D. Bone marrow biopsy - correct answer ✔✔A. Vitamin B-12 and folate levels
The morphologic approach to classifying anemia begins with identifying which lab value?
A. mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of the RBCs.
B. red cell distribution width (RDW) of the RBCs.
C. mean corpuscle hemoglobin (MCH) of the RBCs.
, D. mean corpuscle hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) of the RBCs. - correct answer ✔✔A.
mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of the RBCs.
After confirming the diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia on a patient, what would be the next
essential test?
A. PT/INR
B. CT Scan Abdomen
C. stool guaiac test X 3
D. prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT) - correct answer ✔✔C. stool guaiac
test X 3
The nurse practitioner is evaluating a young adult female with heavy menorrhagia and anemia.
The CBC shows a mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of 60. Your next step is to order which lab
tests?
A. Vitamin B12 and Folate levels
B. Hemoglobin and Hematocrit
C. Serum ferritin and total iron binding capacity (TIBC)
D. Mean corpuscle hemoglobin (MCH) and Red cell distribution width (RDW) - correct answer
✔✔C. Serum ferritin and total iron binding capacity (TIBC)
A 28-year-old male has just been diagnosed with sickle cell disease. What is/are the symptom(s)
that he most likely presented with at diagnosis?
A. urinary retention
B. epistaxis
C. low back and hip pain
