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

a 73-lb female is donating a 500-mL autologous unit for her surgery in two weeks. How much anticoagulant must be removed from the primary container?

The nurse is preparing to palpate a client’s abdomen as part of the abdominal assessment/data collection. The patient is complaining of pain in the right upper quadrant. Which abdominal quadrant will the nurse palpate last? Refer to the figure.

Cryopreserved Red Blood Cells are thawed with a method that __________

A donor weights 92 lbs is donating an autologous unit.  How much blood can be collected? (show work and include units)