Module 3 Kahoot Questions / Answers Flashcards
Small pinpoint hemorrhages and purple areas of bruising over the lower extremities are documented as?
Petechiae and purpura
What is necessary for the kidney to produce in order for RBC production to take place?
Erythropoietin
What organ breaks down red blood cells?
Spleen
A yellow discoloration of the skin and sclera of the eyes would be documented as?
Jaundice
This form of anemia will result in increased risk of CVA, blindness, and death. No cure has been found.
Sickle cell anemia
Pernicious anemia is the result of a lack of what?
Intrinsic factor
Why are infants given a vitamin K injection immediately after birth?
Intestinal bacterial that synthesizes vitamin K for clotting is absent.
A client who takes warfarin states a desire to start exercising daily. What is the best advice for the nurse to give?
Exercise is beneficial just be careful not to injury yourself or fall.
Coumadin is an anticoagulant that places a client at an increase risk of bleeding. (True / False)
True
What is the first stage of hemostatis?
Vessel spasm
A man is dx with thrombocytopenia. A nurse knows that this refers to a decrease in the number of circulating platelets from
Decreased platelet production
A pt reports bleeding from mouth and nose after atorvastatin is started. What is the priority intervention.
Discontinue the atorvastatin immediately due to the adverse side effect of thrombocytopenia.
A nurse is caring for a client who has sustained severe trauma and has developed DIC. How would the nurse explain this?
Widespread coagulation (clotting) and bleeding in the vascular compartment.
A pt recently dx with liver cancer is noted as a high risk for bleeding abnormalities. The nurse recognizes this is from
a reduction of the clotting factors synthesized in the liver
DIC has been dx which the provider thinks was initiated by the intrinsic pathway. What substance is first required in this pathway?
Factor XII (twelve) is first required in the intrinsic pathway.
