NCM 109 (LECTURE) — Midterm Examination

This is the primary builder of RBC

• Folic acid

• Iron

• Fiber

• Vitamins

To alleviate the anxiety of patients with "black stool" what should you do?

• Explain the need to eat more green leafy foods

• Explain the need to defacate

• Explain that fiber can blacken stool

• Explain that green leafy foods can blacken stool

This is caused by multiple pregnancies

• Iron Deficiency Anemia

• Folic Acid Anemia

• Sickel Cell Anemia

Nursing Intervention: If the patient has prophylactic anemia, give ___ mg of iron and foods rich in iron.

• 25

• 26

• 27

• 30

Nursing Intervention: Given when a patient has a hard stool

• Give foods high in fiber

• Give foods high in calcium

• Give foods rich in vitamin C

• Give foods rich in potassium

Select the symptoms of Iron Deficiency Anemia

• Pale

• Underweight

• Pre-term birth or low birth weight

• PICA

Nursing Intervention: If the patient is in need of acid, give the following except

• Give orange juice

• Vitamin A

• Vitamin C

• Ascorbic acid

This is known as big or large RBC

• Megaloblastic Anemia

• Normoblasts Anemia

• Megaloblasts Anemia

These are iron stored in the bone marrow

• Ferritin

• Transferrin

• Hemosiderin

• Hepatocytes

Pick the two nursing interventions for Folic Acid Anemia

• Begin folic acid supplements = 400 ug/daily

• Begin folic acid supplements = 450 ug/daily

• Introduce rich in iron foods

• Introduce rich in folic acid foods