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Jkov05

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The nurse has initiated a blood transfusion on a preschool child. The child begins to exhibit signs of a transfusion reaction.
 
  Place in order the interventions the nurse should implement, sequencing from the highest priority to the lowest.
  a. Take the vital signs.
  b. Stop the transfusion.
  c. Notify the practitioner.
  d. Maintain a patent intravenous (IV) line with normal saline.
 
   52. First priority
 
   53. Second priority
 
   54. Third priority
 
   55. Fourth priority

Question 2

A toddler with leukemia is on intravenous chemotherapy treatments. The toddler's lab results are white blood cell count (WBC): 1000; neutrophils: 7; nonsegmented neutrophils (bands): 7.
 
  What is this child's absolute neutrophil count (ANC)? _____ Record your answer as a whole number.
  What will be an ideal response?



joewallace

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Answer to Question 1

52. ANS: B
53. ANS: A
54. ANS: D
55. ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS:
140

To calculate an ANC for a WBC = 1000, neutrophils = 7, and nonsegmented neutrophils (bands) = 7, the steps are:
Step 1: 7 + 7 = 14.
Step 2: 0.14  1000 = 140 ANC.



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