A nurse is caring for a patient prescribed atorvastatin. What guidance should the nurse provide in patient education about this medication?

Therapeutic Phlebotomies for Hereditary Hemochromatosis and Testosterone replacement therapy are acceptable for allogeneic blood donation if the Blood Collection Facility has an exception or waiver from the________

The nurse is assessing/collecting data on a client diagnosed with right-sided heart failure. Which particular characteristic of this condition would the nurse anticipate observing?

The nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of a client scheduled for surgery. Which laboratory result should indicate to the nurse that the surgery might be postponed?

A client taking warfarin sodium 5mg PO daily has an international normalized ratio (INR) of 1.5. Based on this laboratory value, what does the nurse anticipate the healthcare provider (HCP) will order?

Which of the following choices represents the allowable number of residual leukocytes following leukoreduction by filtration for RBC and apheresis platelets as required by the FDA?  

When the pH of platelets decreases to less than 6.2, the resulting effect on the platelets is

Explain why a donor who exclusively donates platelets could be iron deficient? 

A patient complains about the taste of the sublingual nitroglycerin and admits that he swallows it rather than holding it under his tongue. What should the nurse teach the patient about sublingual medications?

Pathogen reduction inactivates viruses, bacteria, and parasites to reduce the risk of transfusing transmissible infectious agents by preventing replication. Red Blood Cells, Plasma  and Platelets are not affected by such treatments because