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WWatsford · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The clinic nurse is evaluating causes for iron deficiency caused by inadequate supply of iron. What should the nurse recognize as causes for iron deficiency caused by an inadequate iron supply? (Select all that apply.)

a. Prematurity
b. Slow growth rate
c. Excessive milk intake
d. Severe iron deficiency in the mother
e. Exclusive breastfeeding of infant from birth to 3 months

Question 2

The nurse is preparing to admit a 1-month-old infant with severe congenital neutropenia (Kostmann disease). What clinical features of severe congenital neutropenia should the nurse recognize? (Select all that apply.)

a. Anemia is present.
b. Neutropenia is present.
c. The illness is severe.
d. It has a dominant inheritance pattern.
e. There are decreased eosinophils in the bone marrow.

polinasid · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, C, D
Causes for iron deficiency caused by an inadequate supply of iron include prematurity, excessive milk intake, and severe iron deficiency in the mother. Rapid growth rate, not slow, and exclusive breastfeeding of infant after 6 months, not from birth to 3 months, can be causes of inadequate supply of iron.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B, C
The clinical features of severe congenital neutropenia include anemia and neutropenia, and the illness is severe. It has an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern, and there are increased, not decreased, eosinophils in the bone marrow