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fasfsadfdsfa · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The pediatric nurse doing assessments on infants and young children is aware that the most common blood disorder in children is:

a. leukemia c. thalassemia minor
b. anemia d. von Willebrand's disease

Question 2

What is the main function of platelets?

a. to wall off foreign proteins, preventing infection
b. to carry nutrients to tissues throughout the body
c. to be involved in the recovery process in infection
d. to facilitate blood coagulation to control bleeding

ttt030911 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B

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A Incorrect. The most common blood disorder in children is not leukemia.
B Correct. Anemia is not a disease, but rather a term used to describe a decrease in oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood caused by underlying disease or injury. Anemia is the most common blood disorder in children.
C Incorrect. The most common blood disorder in children is not thalassemia minor.
D Incorrect. The most common blood disorder in children is not von Willebrand's disease.

Answer to Question 2

D

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A Incorrect. The main function of platelets is not to wall off foreign proteins, preventing infection.
B Incorrect. The main function of platelets is not to carry nutrients to tissues throughout the body.
C Incorrect. The main function of platelets is not to be involved in the recovery process in infection.
D Correct. The platelets are disk-shaped cytoplasmic fragments and are not considered cells, and their primary function is to facilitate blood coagulation in order to control bleeding.