A critical care nurse is caring for a patient with autoimmune hemolytic anemia. The patient is not responding to conservative treatments, and her condition is now becoming life-threatening.
The nurse is aware that a treatment option in this case may include what?
A) Hepatectomy
B) Vitamin K administration
C) Platelet transfusion
D) Splenectomy
Question 2
In response to the presence of a bloodborne pathogen, an individual's immune system has mounted a successful response in which antibodies have produced agglutination between offending antigens.
The process of agglutination will be followed by what consequent activity of the immune system?
A) Phagocytosis
B) Opsonization
C) Release of histamine
D) Release of slow-reacting substance
Polycystic kidney disease. Notice the presence of numerous fluid-filled sacs, or cysts, in these kid
Caring for a patient on isolation precautions cont'd
Nurse's hand over patients abdomen
A patient examination room should be simple and efficiently designed.
Preoperative and Postoperative Patient Instructions
Calipers being used to measure body fat on the triceps of a patient.