How would red blood cells appear in a person with iron deficiency anemia?

In anemia, cardiac output _________.

How would blood cells appear in a person with hemolytic anemia?

Hereditary spherocytosis is mostly transmitted as ________.

Which patient below is at MOST risk for pernicious anemia?

Which of the following is a sign and symptom of pernicious anemia?

A patient's hematocrit is greater than 60%. Which of the following symptoms do you anticipate this patient to have?

What is the normal range for CD4 T cells?

True or false: Testing for HIV status is recommended for all women when they become pregnant, as well as at the time of labor and delivery.

After a serious motor vehicle accident, a patient is quickly rushed to the ER and is suffering from post hemorrhagic anemia. Based on the information provided, which of the following is NOT something you would expect from their blood smear test?

True or false: Benign tumors have lost their ability to suppress the genetic program for cell proliferation. However, benign tumors still have the program for normal cell differentiation.

______ is the loss of cell differentiation in cancerous tissue.

A patient with ________ is likely to experience bone pain and is at risk for fractures.

______ deficiency anemia is a megaloblastic anemia that produces neurological manifestations.

_____ is characterized by the premature destruction of red cells. The inherited versions of this type of anemia are: sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, and hereditary spherocytosis.

A characteristic of cancer cells is the ability to proliferate even in the absence of ________.

Cancer cells have all of the following features EXCEPT:

Person A’s last partner just informed them that they have tested positive for HIV. Person A immediately gets tested and the results are negative. Knowing this, Person A assures their new partner, Person B, that their results were negative, so they do not need to use protection during intercourse. Is what person A said correct?

You are educating a group of nursing students on what actions would lower the risk of transmission of HIV from mother to child. Which statement made by the student indicates a need for further teaching?

Which of the following CD4 counts indicates that an HIV infected patient has developed AIDs?

A patient who had unprotected sex with an HIV infected person about a month prior reports experiencing a headache, fever, sore throat, fatigue, myalgias, and lymphadenopathy. Which phase of HIV infection is this patient most likely experiencing?

HIV can be transmitted through all of the following body fluids EXCEPT:

True or false: Those who are homozygous for the abnormal hemoglobin S (HbS) gene develop the sickle cell trait.

True or false: People with sickle cell trait normally have symptoms of sickle cell disease.

A woman diagnosed with breast cancer asks the nurse how a malignant tumor in her breast could spread to other parts of her body. The nurse answers that a malignant neoplasm is made up of less well differentiated cells that have which of the following abilities? [SATA]

A nurse is assessing a toddler who has AIDS. Which of the following findings is an indication of an opportunistic infection?

A nurse is teaching a client who has pernicious anemia. The nurse should encourage the client to increase consumption of which of the following foods?

A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has aplastic anemia. Which of the following statements indicates that the client understands the instructions?

A nurse is caring for a school-aged child who has sickle cell anemia. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take to help decrease the risk of a vaso-occlusive crisis?

In what cancer would these owl-eye shaped cells show up in?

A patient with _______ (shown in the image) who is under the age of 60 is very likely to have HIV/AIDS.

A nurse is caring for a client who has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Which of the following types of isolation should the nurse implement to prevent the transmission of HIV?

A nurse is assessing a client who has Kaposi’s sarcoma. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

Because___________ expand slowly, they can develop a fibrous capsule, which is responsible for the sharp line of demarcation between the tumor and adjacent tissues.