A 28-year-old African-American man with a history of sickle cell disease is admitted to the ED. During assessment, the nurse notes the following symptoms: severe abdominal and back pain, aching joint pain, fever, vomiting, and dyspnea. The nurse understands that all of the following are forms of sicklecell crisis except:

The nurse would expect a thrombocytopenic patient’s platelet count to return to normal levels within what time after discontinuation of quinidine therapy:

The nurse understands which obstetric incident leads to the development of DIC?

Which laboratory finding would indicate successful treatment of this patient?

A 28-year-old African-American man with a history of sickle cell disease is admitted to the ED. During assessment, the nurse notes the following symptoms: severe abdominal and back pain, aching joint pain, fever, vomiting, and dyspnea. The nurse understands that all of the following are forms of sicklecell crisis except:

The most common cause of death in a patient with hemophilia occurs from bleeding of the:

Which statement does not support the rationale for heparin administration in the treatment of DIC?

Which nursing action is inappropriate when administering heparin subcutaneously?

Which nursing diagnosis would be inappropriate for a patient with sickle cell anemia?

An appropriate nursing intervention for a patient receiving heparin therapy for deep vein thrombosis of the left calf would include: