NUR 254 EXAM 4 REVIEW (Hematology and Oncology) Latest Update 2023-2024 142 Questions and Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) - Correct Answer: Most common
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) - Correct Answer: Peaks at age 2-4 years
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) - Correct Answer: White males
Acute Non-Lymphoide (myelogenous) leukemia (AML) - Correct Answer: Across ethnic groups equally
Acute Non-Lymphoide (myelogenous) leukemia (AML) - Correct Answer: No peak age
Anemia - Correct Answer: Decrease in number of RBCs and/or hemoglobin (Hgb)
concentration below normal
Anemia - Correct Answer: Decreased oxygen-carrying capacity of blood
Anemia - Correct Answer: Nursing Care Management: Decrease oxygen demands
Anemia - Correct Answer: Nursing Care Management: Prepare child and family for laboratory tests
Anemia - Correct Answer: Nursing Care Management: Prevent complications
Anemia - Correct Answer: Nursing Care Management: Support family
Anemia - Correct Answer: Pallor, paleness of mucous membranes, Tiredness, fatigue, Tachycardia, Cool skin
Anemia - Correct Answer: Supportive care: Intravenous (IV) fluids to replace intravascular volume, Oxygen, and Bed rest
Anemia - Correct Answer: The most common hematologic disorder of childhood
Anemia - Correct Answer: Treat underlying cause: Nutritional intervention for deficiency anemias
Anemia - Correct Answer: Treat underlying cause: Transfusion after hemorrhage if needed
Aplastic crisis - Correct Answer: Diminished production and increased destruction of RBCs 1 / 2
Aplastic crisis - Correct Answer: Signs include profound anemia, pallorSickle
Aplastic crisis - Correct Answer: Triggered by viral infection or depletion of folic acid
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: Diagnosis: By Hgb electrophoresis, RBC changes often seen by 6 weeks of age, Child presents with severe anemia, FTT
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: most common and has four forms
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: Nursing Care Management: Assist the child in coping with anxiety-provoking treatments
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: Nursing Care Management: Foster the child and family's adjustment to a chronic illness
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: Nursing Care Management: Observe for complications of multiple blood transfusions
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: Nursing Care Management: Promote compliance with transfusion and chelation therapy
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: Occurs in Greeks, Italians, and Syrians
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: Prognosis: Bone marrow transplant is potential cure
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: Prognosis: Delayed or absent secondary sex characteristics
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: Prognosis: Expect to live well into adulthood with proper clinical management
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: Prognosis: Retarded growth
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: Side effect of treatment: hemosiderosis
B-Thalassemia - Correct Answer: Therapeutic Management: Blood transfusion to maintain normal Hgb levels
B-Thalassemia intermediate - Correct Answer: moderate-to-severe anemia plus
splenomegaly
B-Thalassemia major - Correct Answer: "Cooley's anemia"; severe anemia requiring transfusions to survive
B-Thalassemia minor - Correct Answer: asymptomatic silent carrier
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