HCR 240 MODULE 10 FINAL EXAM.

HCR 240 MODULE 10 FINAL EXAM. A nurse is teaching the staff about granulocytes. Which type of cell is the nurse describing? A) Basophils 4. A primary care provider tells the nurse that a patient has a shift to the left or left shift. Which type of patient will the nurse be caring for? One with a: C) bacterial infection. 5. While reviewing lab results a nurse finds a patient with a neutrophil count of 1900/mm3. What term will the nurse use to describe this finding? B) Neutropenia 6. A patient has basophilia. What does the nurse suspect the patient is experiencing? C) An allergic response 7. A patient has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Which lab report should the nurse monitor closely in this patient? C) Lymphocyte counts 8. Which statement indicates an adolescent patient understands the discharge teaching for infectious mononucleosis? D) I will avoid strenuous activity 9. A patient has acute leukemia. A nurse recalls the cell most affected by this disease is a: B) blast cell. 10. A patient has acute leukemia and develops anemia. Which assessment findings are supportive of the diagnosis for anemia? D) Fatigue, dizziness, and pallor 11. A nurse is describing the pathophysiology of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Which concept should the nurse include? B) Philadelphia chromosome 12. Which concept should the nurse include when describing the pathophysiology of Hodgkin lymphoma? D) Reed-Sternberg cells 13. Which concept should the nurse include when describing the pathophysiology of multiple myeloma? B) M protein 14. Which assessment finding is typical in a patient with multiple myeloma (MM)? A) Hypercalcemia 15. A patient asks the nurse what is the treatment for multiple myeloma? How should the nurse respond? C) Chemotherapy 16. A patient with multiple myeloma is in the end stages and has had a relapse after chemotherapy. Which drug should the nurse be prepared to administer? C) Thalidomide 17. A patient has lymphoblastic lymphoma. Which cell is most affected? D) T cells 18. A patient has lymphoblastic lymphoma. Which organ is most affected? A) Thymus 19. A nurse notices on the chart that the medical diagnosis is lymphoblastic lymphoma. The nurse will most likely provide care to: B) a child. 20. A patient has hypersplenism. How should the nurse explain this to the patient? C) The spleen is overacting 21. The nurse discovers a patient has a low platelet count. Which term should the nurse use to describe this finding? A) Thrombocytopenia 22. When a nurse observes a platelet count of 9,000/mm3, which condition must the nurse monitor for in this patient? B) Spontaneous bleeding 23. A patient has heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). What should the nurse assess for in this patient? D) Pulmonary embolism 24. A patient has heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Which drug should the nurse get ready to administer? D) Lepirudin 25. A nurse is discussing the pathophysiology of immune/idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Which information should the nurse include?