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A nurse caring for a client with sickle cell disease (SCD) reviews the clients laboratory work. Which finding should the nurse report to the provider?

a. Creatinine: 2.9 mg/dL

b. Hematocrit: 30%

c. Sodium: 147 mEq/L

d. White blood cell count: 12,000/mm3 - Correct Answer - Creatinine

2.9 mg/dL

A client hospitalized with sickle cell crisis frequently asks for opioid pain medications, often shortly after receiving a dose. The nurses on the unit believe the client is drug seeking. When the client requests pain medication, what action by the nurse is best?

• Give the client pain medication if it is time for another dose.
• Instruct the client not to request pain medication too early.
• Request the provider leave a prescription for a placebo.
• Tell the client it is too early to have more pain medication. - Correct

Answer - Give the client pain medication if it is time for another dose. 1 / 4

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pg. 2 A client presents to the emergency department in sickle cell crisis. What intervention by the nurse takes priority?

• Administer oxygen.
• Apply an oximetry probe

.c. Give pain medication.

• Start an IV line. - Correct Answer - administer oxygen

A client with sickle cell disease (SCD) takes hydroxyurea (Droxia). The client presents to the clinic reporting an increase in fatigue. What laboratory result should the nurse report immediately?

a. Hematocrit: 25%

b. Hemoglobin: 9.2 mg/dL

c. Potassium: 3.2 mEq/L

d. White blood cell count: 38,000/mm3 - Correct Answer - White blood

cell count 38,000/mm3

An assessment of a 7-month-old infant with a hemoglobin level of 6.5 mg/dL is likely to reveal an infant who is

• Lethargic, pale, and irritable
• Thin, energetic, and sleeps little
• Anorexic, vomiting, and has watery stools
• Flushed, fussy, and tired - Correct Answer - lethargic, pale and

irritable

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pg. 3 A nurse is evaluating parents' knowledge about caring for their child who has iron-deficiency anemia. Which action shows the parents need further education?

• Decreasing the infant's daily milk intake to 24 oz or less
• Giving oral iron supplements between meals with orange juice
• Including apricots, dark-green leafy vegetables, and egg yolk in the

infant's diet

• Allowing the infant to drink the iron supplement from a small

medicine cup - Correct Answer - Allowing the infant to drink the iron supplement from a small medicine cup

Which of the following is an accurate description of anemia?

• Increased blood viscosity
• Depressed hematopoietic system
• Presence of abnormal hemoglobin
• Decreased oxygen-carrying capacity of blood - Correct Answer -

decreased oxygen carrying capacity of blood

A patient is to receive iron dextran injections. Which technique is appropriate when the nurse is administering this medication?

• Intravenous administration mixed with 5% dextrose
• Intramuscular injection in the upper arm
• Intramuscular injection using the Z-track method
• Subcutaneous injection into the abdomen - Correct Answer -

Intramuscular injection using the Z-track method 3 / 4

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pg. 4 A nurse is giving instructions to a patient who will be receiving oral iron supplements. Which instructions will be included in the teaching plan?

• Take the iron tablets with milk or antacids.
• Crush the pills as needed to help with swallowing.
• Take the iron tablets with meals if gastrointestinal distress occurs.
• If black tarry stools occur, report it to the doctor immediately. -

Correct Answer - Take the iron tablets with meals if gastrointestinal distress occurs.

The nurse will teach a patient who is receiving oral iron supplements to watch for which expected adverse effects?

• Palpitations
• Drowsiness and dizziness
• Black, tarry stools
• Orange-red discoloration of the urine - Correct Answer - Black, tarry

stools

The nurse is teaching a patient with iron-deficiency anemia about foods to increase iron intake. Which food may enhance the absorption of oral iron forms?

• Milk
• Yogurt
• Antacids
• Orange juice - Correct Answer - Orange juice
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