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HEMATOLOGIC, IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND CANCER Flashcards

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Clients with type O, Rh negative blood group

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are universal donors

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Client with AB blood group

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universal recipient

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The most common transfusion reaction is

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febrile

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The only solution that can safely be given during a blood transfusion

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normal saline solution

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If hives is the only allergic reaction during a blood transfusion, proceed at a

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slower rate (check institution guidelines)

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The American Association of Blood Banks recommends that blood or blood components should be

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transfused within 4 hours

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HIV is commonly easily transmitted in

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blood, semen, and vaginal secretions

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HIV can also be found in

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urine, feces, saliva, tears and breast milk

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HIV positive women should not

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breast feed

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Essential Hypertension

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has no known etiology

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Essential Hypertension

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accounts for 85-90 percent

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Thromboangitis Obliterans

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Buerger’s Disease

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Thromboangitis Obliterans

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is a chronic inflammation of arteries and veins

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Only blood, semen, vaginal secretions and human milk have been implicated in the transmission of

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AIDS

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Thromboangitis Obliterans

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secondary inflammation of nerves

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Beurger-Allen exercises

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improve peripheral arterial circulation and are used in the treatment

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Beurger-Allen exercises

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treat Buerger’s disease

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Raynaud’s disease

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vasospastic condition of digital arteries that occurs with exposure to cold or to strong emotions

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Do not administer live vaccines

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immune suppressed person

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Do not take blood pressure on the arm with a

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arteriovenous shunt or fistula

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Hemophilia

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an X-linked recessive bleeding disorder passed from the female to her male offspring

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To prevent bleeding episodes

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a client with Hemophilia should be instructed to avoid contact sports

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X-linked recessive bleeding disorder

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Hemophilia

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Pernicious anemia

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caused by a lack of intrinsic factors needed to absorb B12

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enhances absorption of iron
take with orange juice or ascorbic acid
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Thrombocytopenia
a decreased number of platelets
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Platelets
necessary for clot formation
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Petechiae and bruising
signs of decreased number of platelets
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Heparin
prolongs the time needed for blood to clot but does not thin the blood
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CD4+ cell count
measure of the damage to the immune system caused by HIV and the body’s ability to fight it
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somewhat unpredictable disease characterized by periods of exacerbation and remission. There is no cure but symptoms can be managed at times
rheumathoid arthritis
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avoid contact sports
patient with Hemophilia
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Cancerous mass
unilateral, nontender with a single focus in one area
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solid, hard, dense, and fixed to underlying tissues or skin as cancer becomes invasive
Cancerous mass
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Breast cancer
most common in upper outer quadrant, often painless, although person may have pain
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As cancer advances signs include
firm or hard irregular axillary nodes; skin dimpling, nipple retraction, elevation and discharge
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Breast self-exam
done monthly for the early detection of breast cancer
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Breast cancer
usually found in women 30 to 80 years of age
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increased risk of breast cancer
ages 40 to 44 and in women older than 50 years
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Mammography
done from age 35 years to detect breast cancer
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The location of cancer with the highest mortality rate
lung
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Pap smear
screening tool for cervical cancer
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Done yearly from age 18 or when sexually active
Pap smear
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two locations with the highest incidence rate of cancer in males
lung and the prostate
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Three general signs and symptoms of cancer
anemia, weakness, and weight loss
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two locations with the highest incidence of cancer in women are the
breast and the colon/rectum
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Three host factors that increase the risk for developing cancer that cannot be controlled
age over 40, being male, and race
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When tumor spreads from its primary site
metastasis
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The most common sites of tumor migration
lymph system, lungs, bone, liver and brain
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Normal testis
feels like a small hard-boiled egg
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No hard and firm nodules should be palpated on the surface of the
testis
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Chemotherapeutic drugs
produce bone marrow depression, resulting in reduced red blood cell counts (anemia), white blood cell counts (leucopenia), and platelet count (thrombocytopenia)
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Never touch with bare hands, forceps and containers should be placed in patient’s room
Radium Implants
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The client who has an A-V fistula should not
have blood pressure, venipuncture's, or IM injections on the arm with the fistula
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Clients with pernicious anemia are
susceptible to gastric carcinomas
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Liquid iron
preparations should be diluted
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Clients with pernicious anemia
should be monitored closely for symptoms
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Give IM iron preparation by
Z-track method
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Liquid iron
Should be given through a straw to prevent staining of teeth
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IM iron preparation
use separate needles to withdraw medication and to inject
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Buerger’s disease and Raynaud’s disease
smoking cessation should be a therapeutic goal
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Symptoms of anemia
pallor, tachypnea, irritability and lethargy and generalized weakness
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HIV infection can occur vertically during
pregnancy or a vaginal birth and through breast-feeding
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Clients with anemia
fatigue easily and need period of rest between activities to conserve energy
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When a nurse is accidentally stuck with a needle
the employer will want to test the nurse immediately to determine whether a preexisting infection is present and again in 3 months to detect seroconversion
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The assessment findings encountered in clients with multiple myeloma are
pathological fractures
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the patient begins to hemorrhage after the initial hypercoagulability uses up the clotting factors in the blood
DIC patient
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Administering heparin
a critical nursing intervention in DIC pt
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Testicular cancers occur between the ages
18 and 35 years
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Women who are at risk for cervical cancer are
women who were involved in sexual relations at an earlier age, women with multiple sex partners, women infected with the human papilloma virus (HPV), women who smoke, women who use oral contraceptives and women who have multiple pregnancy and birth
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Testicular cancers occur between the ages
18 and 35 years
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occur in whites relatively rare in blacks and other races
Testicular cancers
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Testicular cancers
Most important risk factor is undescended testis, even those surgically corrected
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When a client has radium implant
organize nursing care to decrease time at bedside and thus keep radiation exposure to a minimum
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The incidence rates of prostate cancer are
50% higher in black men than other racial groups
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prostate cancer
The mortality rate is 2 times higher for black men than whites
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Dietary fat has been considered a factor in the increase rate of incidence in prostate cancer
prostate cancer
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Nursing intervention for client with iron deficiency anemia should include
helping patient arrange periods of rest
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The Nursing Diagnosis category for a patient with Leukemia is
“Risk for injury from infection or bleeding related to pancytopenia”
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He must be HIV positive, have a CD4 positive cell count below 200 cells/ul and the presence of one or more specific conditions that include acute infection
Three criteria must be met for a client to be diagnosed with AIDS
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Client teaching for patient with sickle cell anemia to prevent acute episodes is to
avoid tight clothing, strenuous exercise, cold temperature, avoid smoking, do not fly in unpressurized planes
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the nurse should instruct the client to sit in an upright position, leaning slightly forward which would avoid vascular pressure to the nose and avoids the client from aspirating blood.
When a patient develops epistaxis
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If the nurse suspects a hemolytic or febrile reaction during a blood transfusion
the transfusion should be stopped immediately
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Keep IV access. Replace transfusion with normal saline
If the nurse suspects a hemolytic or febrile reaction during a blood transfusion
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Assess a male client who is non-compliant with anti-hypertensive drugs for effects of drugs
on sexual

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