A patient is presented with fever, vomiting, hypotension and facial edema after his business trip back from Africa. Viral hemorrhagic fever is suspected in this patient. Which of the following family does the suspected virus belong to?
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Question 2 of 52
Which of the following is a cause of secondary neutropaenia in adults?
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Question 3 of 52
Haemolytic anemia is not produced by:
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Question 4 of 52
An older adult patient is undergoing diagnostic testing for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). What assessment finding is certain to be present if the patient has CLL?
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Question 5 of 52
Non thrombocytopenic purpura is seen in all except:
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Question 6 of 52
Blinatumomab, a bispecific T-cell engaging molecule, is active against which CD antigen that is expressed on B-lymphoblasts?
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Question 7 of 52
A nurse should identify that clopidogrel is contraindicated for clients who have which of the following conditions?
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Question 8 of 52
You examine a 10-year-old boy with severe aplastic anemia. He has no dysmorphic features and is at the 50th percentile for height and weight. Family history includes a sister with aplastic anemia unresponsive to anti-human thymocyte globulin (ATG) and cyclosporine who died early in the course of an unrelated donor hematopoietic stem cell transplant complicated by severe mucositis and transplant-related organ toxicities. There are no other siblings. A cousin died of acute myeloid leukemia at age 5 years. A peripheral blood sample test for Fanconi anemia is negative with no increased chromosomal breaks in response to diepoxylbutane or mitomycin C. Which of the following is the most important next step in management?
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Question 9 of 52
Macrocytosis is a characteristic of all except:
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Question 10 of 52
An adult patient has presented to the health clinic with a complaint of a firm, painless cervical lymph node. The patient denies any recent infectious diseases. What is the nurse's most appropriate response to the patient's complaint?
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Question 11 of 52
A female patient's hematocrit level is 50% and oxygen saturation is 98% on room air. What should the nurse suspect as being the cause for this patient's hematocrit level?
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Question 12 of 52
When reviewing the chemistry panel of a newly diagnosed patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who is lethargic, complaining of flank pain, and experiencing nausea and vomiting, which of the following would you expect to see?
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Question 13 of 52
A nursing student wants to know why clients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease tend to be polycythemic. What response by the nurse instructor is best?
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Question 14 of 52
A patient is presented with weakness of legs, arms, trunk, tingling and numbness that progressively worsens. Peripheral blood smear shows macrocytic anemia. Which of the following is not the factor causing this condition?
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Question 15 of 52
An oncology nurse is caring for a patient with multiple myeloma who is experiencing bone destruction. When reviewing the patient's most recent blood tests, the nurse should anticipate what imbalance?
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Question 16 of 52
A 36-year-old woman presented with weakness, lassitude, and feeling easily tired. Her bone marrow aspirate showed 15% myeloblasts and reduced erythropoiesis. The most likely cause is
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Question 17 of 52
A 4-year-old male child presents to the emergency department with his fourth invasive Staph infection. CBC consistently identifies moderate neutropenia. Sophisticated lab testing identifies lack of Toll-like receptor responses. The patient undergoes whole exome sequencing and is found to have pathogenic variants in IRAK4. What does 'IRAK4' stand for?
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Question 18 of 52
Which of the following will be present in chronic bacterial infection?
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Question 19 of 52
A nurse is caring for four clients. After reviewing today's laboratory results, which client should the nurse see first?
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Question 20 of 52
A study is designed to investigate the rates of central line–associated blood stream infections among pediatric hematology/oncology patients. Three common central line types (totally implanted catheter [port], peripherally inserted central catheter [PICC], and tunneled externalized catheter [TEC]) were included in the study. What data structure is central line type?
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Question 21 of 52
A nurse is caring for a client who is about to begin alteplase therapy to treat pulmonary embolism. Which of the following drugs should the nurse have available in the event of a severe adverse reaction?
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Question 22 of 52
The nurse is explaining the role of red blood cells with oxygen transport in the body with a nursing student. Which term should the nurse use to describe hemoglobin that has given up its oxygen to the body's cells?
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Question 23 of 52
A patient with leukemia has developed stomatitis and is experiencing a nutritional deficit. An oral anesthetic has consequently been prescribed. What health education should the nurse provide to the patient?
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Question 24 of 52
Assuming that adherence has been excellent, which of the following should have returned to normal 6 weeks following appropriate oral iron treatment for a child with severe dietary iron deficiency (hemoglobin [Hgb] 5.0 g/dL and mean corpuscular volume [MCV] 48 fL at the beginning of therapy)?
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Question 25 of 52
Which of the following anemia is associated with splenomegaly:
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Question 26 of 52
A nurse is monitoring a client who is undergoing anticoagulant therapy with heparin. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a possible indication of hemorrhage?
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Question 27 of 52
After seven days of treatment with sulfonamides, a patient's hemoglobin had decreased from 14.7 gm/100ml to 10gm/100ml. The most likely cause of hemolysis in this patient is
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Question 28 of 52
Presence of an --jaundice --splenomegaly with increase MCH is seen in:
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Question 29 of 52
A pediatric fellow is planning a project intended to decrease the incidence of acute chest syndrome among patients with sickle cell disease who are already admitted to the hospital for other reasons. The fellow discussed with her mentor whether the project proposal should be submitted for review by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). The mentor explains that, at their intuition, quality improvement activities do not require IRB review but research projects must be submitted to the IRB. Which of the following is NOT a relevant consideration in determining whether the project is research or quality improvement?
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Question 30 of 52
A patient receiving blood begins complaining of severe chest pain and a feeling of warmth. What should the nurse do first?
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Question 31 of 52
A laboratory finding of aplastic anaemia
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Question 32 of 52
A patient with pancytopenia has a bone marrow aspiration from the left posterior iliac crest. Which action would be important for the nurse to take after the procedure?
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Question 33 of 52
You are seeing a 2-year-old girl with new onset of fever and bronchitis. She has maculopapular rash and hepatosplenomegaly. Blood smear shows leukocytosis (100,000/mm3), anemia, and thrombocytopenia. Ancillary tests include fetal hemoglobin of 80% and normal blood karyotype. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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Question 34 of 52
Which of the following statements about myeloablative, myeloablative but reduced toxicity, reduced intensity, and non-myeloablative approaches is not correct?
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Question 35 of 52
A 4-year-old girl with a history of relapsed pre-B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is being admitted for unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation with cyclophosphamide and total body irradiation conditioning. Pretransplant workup shows the following: Recipient: CMV IgG: negative, CMV IgM: negative, HSV I/II antibody: negative, Varicella IgG: positive (vaccinated), Hepatitis B surface antigen: negative, Hepatitis B surface antibody: positive (vaccinated), Hepatitis B core antibody: negative, Hepatitis C antibody: negative. Donor: CMV IgG: negative, CMV IgM: negative, HSV I/II antibody: positive, Varicella IgG: positive, Hepatitis B surface antigen: negative, Hepatitis B core antibody: negative, Hepatitis C antibody: negative. How should the patient be managed during the admission with respect to infection prophylaxis?
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Question 36 of 52
Sickle cell an. Is not complicated by:
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Question 37 of 52
A nurse works in a gerontology clinic. What age-related change(s) related to the hematologic system will the nurse expect during health assessment? (Select all that apply.)
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Question 38 of 52
A newborn infant develops jaundice on day of life 2. Labs are drawn, and she has a hemoglobin of 7.4 g/dL with a reticulocyte count of 8%. Upon peripheral blood smear review, she is found to have bizarre red cell forms with significant polkilocytosis. Although her parents have normal blood counts, on review of their peripheral blood smears, they both have a moderate number of ovalocytes. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the infant's red cell findings?
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Question 39 of 52
A 12-year-old girl presents to your clinic with significant menstrual bleeding at the onset of menarche and is noted to have a hemoglobin of 9.9, although she is not symptomatic from her anemia. Her mother reports that she has a history of epistaxis when she was a child with some episodes lasting 30 minutes and that she also has heavy menstrual bleeding. Which of the following tests will lead to the most likely diagnosis?
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Question 40 of 52
A nurse is caring for a client who is about to begin taking folic acid to treat megaloblastic anemia. The nurse should monitor which of the following laboratory values to determine therapeutic effectiveness?
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Question 41 of 52
A 15-year-old female presents with 1 month of fatigue and 3 days of chest pain and shortness of breath. Her physical exam is unremarkable. A chest x-ray shows a large mediastinal mass that is greater than 33% of the diameter of her chest cavity. A biopsy shows nodular sclerosing, classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). Metastatic workup at diagnosis, including CT scan of neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis and PET scan, shows no other site of disease. According to the Ann Arbor staging system, the patient has which stage of cHL?
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Question 42 of 52
A 13-year-old Hispanic girl is found to have a WBC count of 6,500/mm3 with 40% Auer rod–containing granular blasts that, by flow cytometry, express very bright CD33 but are negative for human leukocyte antigen–DR isotype (HLA-DR). She is oozing blood around her peripheral IV site. Coagulation studies reveal an international normalized ratio (INR) of 3.4, a fibrinogen of 170, and a markedly elevated D-dimer. Marrow aspirate shows nearly 90% blasts with a similar morphology. You send the marrow to the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) lab and request STAT testing for the most likely recurrent genetic abnormality based on the clinical presentation. How do you plan to initiate therapy?
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Question 43 of 52
A nurse is caring for four clients. After reviewing today's laboratory results, which client would the nurse assess first?
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Question 44 of 52
In the laboratory diagnosis of leishmaniasis, the expected parasite stage in vitro is
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Question 45 of 52
A 3-month-old female presents to the emergency room with vomiting and abdominal distension. She has a left-side abdominal mass, and an abdominal ultrasound confirms an 8-cm mass arising from the left kidney. Liver lesions are also noted. Nephrectomy is performed and reveals a histologic diagnosis of malignant rhabdoid tumor of the kidney (MRTK). Which of the following is not a true statement about the management of this patient?
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Question 46 of 52
A nurse is caring for a client who recently started alteplase therapy. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following adverse effects?
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Question 47 of 52
You receive a phone call that a 3-year-old patient on long-term warfarin therapy for congenital heart disease has an international normalized ratio (INR) of 5.8. On further history, you learn the patient and several family members have had recent gastrointestinal illnesses, but the patient is recovering. His mother reports he is not experiencing bleeding symptoms. Which of the following interventions would be most reasonable in this clinical scenario?
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Question 48 of 52
A 14-year-old Syrian male with beta thalassemia major has relocated to your community as a refugee. He has been receiving chronic transfusion therapy in Turkey for the past 3 years. On his first visit, you notice that his height is below the fifth percentile. He has skin discoloration and hepatosplenomegaly. His mother reports they have not had regular access to chelation therapy. Laboratory testing shows a serum ferritin of 6,200 ng/mL. A cardiac MRI shows grossly normal cardiac function but a T2* value of 9 ms. What is the most likely cause of his short stature?
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Question 49 of 52
The nurse is assessing a patient with chronic lung disease. Which finding indicates long-term hypoxia?
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Question 50 of 52
The following pathological features is true regarding non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)
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Question 51 of 52
You have a new 7-year-old female patient with a WBC count of 6,000/mm3, hemoglobin of 7.2 g/dL, and platelet count of 30,000/mm3. A bone marrow aspirate reveals 14% blasts with a monocytic morphologic appearance that are surface marker positive for CD33. You receive a call from the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) lab that the bone marrow is positive for KMT2A rearrangement in 68% of cells. Your staff asks whether this represents a diagnosis of acute leukemia in the current classification scheme for this type of hematologic malignancy. What would you say?
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Question 52 of 52
An older adult patient is receiving a transfusion of packed red blood cells after being injured in a car accident. On assessment, the nurse notes a new finding of bounding pulse, crackles, and increasing dyspnea. What should the nurse do first, after stopping the transfusion?
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