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Question 1:
A healthy 70-year-old patient has low hemoglobin levels and no signs of gastrointestinal bleeding.
The nurse recognizes which item is an effect of aging that could be the reason for the low hemoglobin level?
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Question 2:
A patient with thalassemia major who is receiving a blood transfusion shows signs of hemochromatosis.
The nurse anticipates a prescription for which medication?
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Question 3:
Which goal is a primary objective for a patient who has chronic heart failure (HF)?
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The arterial blood gas (ABG) results for a patient who overdosed on barbiturates are pH = 7.32, PaCO2 = 52, and HCO3 = 23. Which interpretation would the nurse rely on when planning the patient's care?

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Question 5:
The nurse receives information about the assigned patients during shift report.
Which patient would the nurse assess first?
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Question 6:
After noting that a patient with leukemia has thrombocytopenia, which action will the nurse plan to take?
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Question 7:
Which erythrocyte characteristic would the nurse expect to see in the laboratory findings for a patient who has experienced acute blood loss?
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Question 8:
The nurse presents information to a group of nursing students about cultural and ethnic health disparities related to hypertension.
Which information would the nurse include about the comparison of Mexican Americans to White and Black populations?
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Question 9:
A patient who smokes reports chest pain while at rest.
Which condition would the nurse suspect the patient is experiencing?
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Question 10:
Which rationale supports the nurse's assessment of a patient's magnesium level?
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