NURS 5430: Module 3 – Questions With Right
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Anemia is defined as... 11, 11.5
Hgb <______ g/dL from 6 months - 5
years old
Hgb < _______ g/dL from 6-12 years old
An immature RBC that has recently Reticulocyte
been released from the bone marrow 3 multiple choice options
into the bloodstream that eventually
become mature RBCs.
*Helps differentiate between types
of anemia.
*High = bone marrow responding well
to make new RBCs
*Low = bone marrow not responding
well to making new RBCs
, A previously 39 week gestation infant C
was born without complication and a
hemoglobin level of 14 g/dL. Now, the In healthy term infants, hemoglobin normally falls to
infant is a healthy 6 week old and approximately 11 g/dL between 6 and 9 weeks of age
found to have a hemoglobin level of 11 due to decreased erythropoietin production,
g/dL during routine screening. The shortened fetal RBC survival, and expansion of
infant is feeding well, gaining weight blood volume.
appropriately, and has a normal
physical examination. What is the most
appropriate management?
A. Start oral iron supplementation
immediately
B. Obtain a bone marrow biopsy
C. Reassure the parents that this is
physiologic anemia of infancy
D. Transfuse packed red blood cells
What might be the cause of a HIGH D
reticulocyte count?
High = Blood loss or hemolysis from ABO
A) Iron deficiency anemia incompatibility
B) Aplastic anemia Low = CKD or anemias
C) Chronic kidney disease
D) Blood loss or Hemolysis
What physical exam findings might be ABEF
indicative of anemia or genetic
disposition to anemia? SATA.
A) Frontal bossing
B) Conjunctival pallor
C) Bradycardia
D) Spleen non-palpable on exam
E) Scleral icterus
F) Systolic ejection murmur
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Terms in this set (36)
Anemia is defined as... 11, 11.5
Hgb <______ g/dL from 6 months - 5
years old
Hgb < _______ g/dL from 6-12 years old
An immature RBC that has recently Reticulocyte
been released from the bone marrow 3 multiple choice options
into the bloodstream that eventually
become mature RBCs.
*Helps differentiate between types
of anemia.
*High = bone marrow responding well
to make new RBCs
*Low = bone marrow not responding
well to making new RBCs
, A previously 39 week gestation infant C
was born without complication and a
hemoglobin level of 14 g/dL. Now, the In healthy term infants, hemoglobin normally falls to
infant is a healthy 6 week old and approximately 11 g/dL between 6 and 9 weeks of age
found to have a hemoglobin level of 11 due to decreased erythropoietin production,
g/dL during routine screening. The shortened fetal RBC survival, and expansion of
infant is feeding well, gaining weight blood volume.
appropriately, and has a normal
physical examination. What is the most
appropriate management?
A. Start oral iron supplementation
immediately
B. Obtain a bone marrow biopsy
C. Reassure the parents that this is
physiologic anemia of infancy
D. Transfuse packed red blood cells
What might be the cause of a HIGH D
reticulocyte count?
High = Blood loss or hemolysis from ABO
A) Iron deficiency anemia incompatibility
B) Aplastic anemia Low = CKD or anemias
C) Chronic kidney disease
D) Blood loss or Hemolysis
What physical exam findings might be ABEF
indicative of anemia or genetic
disposition to anemia? SATA.
A) Frontal bossing
B) Conjunctival pallor
C) Bradycardia
D) Spleen non-palpable on exam
E) Scleral icterus
F) Systolic ejection murmur
