MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING CONCEPTS AND PRACTICE 3RD ED: CHAPTER 16 CARE OF PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!

MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING CONCEPTS AND
PRACTICE 3RD ED: CHAPTER 16 CARE OF PATIENTS
WITH HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!

, What is anemia? - ANSWER deficiency of RBC, Hgb, or both

What causes anemia? - ANSWER impaired blood cell production (nutrition deficient)
increased destruction of RBC (hemolytic or sickle)
blood loss (hemorrhage)

What results from anemia? - ANSWER reduced oxygen to tissues

What substances are necessary for RBC formation? - ANSWER iron
folic acid

What causes hemolytic anemia? - ANSWER genetic defects
inheritance (thalessemia)
exposure to toxins
immune reaction

What is iron deficiency anemia? - ANSWER insufficient iron in the body causing an
impede in hgb formation

What is pernicious anemia? - ANSWER deficient amount of instrinsic factor in gastric
juices causing inability to absorb B12

(rbc production decreases; abnormal structure/fx)

What happens in ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease)? - ANSWER deficient production
of erythropoietin by the kidneys requiring Epgen administration

What results from long term us of histamine-2 or proton pump inhibitors? - ANSWER
suppression of gastric secretion requiring B12 supplementation

What puts a patient at risk for pernicious anemia? - ANSWER gastric bypass
gastrectomy
histamine 2 meds
proton inhibitors

The signs and symptoms of anemia depends upon the severity? True or False -
ANSWER true

What is considered mild anemia? - ANSWER Hgb of 9.5-13

What are the s/s of mild anemia? - ANSWER headache