The healthcare provider has ordered a unit of Packed Red Blood Cells for a patient. The nurse is having a difficult time getting the IV started and had to call anesthesia to come up and start the IV. The unit of blood has been up on the floor for 30 minutes. What is the best action for the nurse to implement regarding the blood product?

The nurse notes crackles at the lung bases and dyspnea in a client receiving a blood transfusion. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? 

A 44-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer and right mastectomy is admitted for anemia. The order is to start an IV of 0.9% NaCl at a keep open rate, type and cross, and administer 2 units of Packed Red Blood Cells. The nurse decided that which of the following is the best selection for the IV insertion?

The nurse is caring for a client with a chest tube. The tube is accidently pulled out of the chest while moving the client. What is the nurse’s priority action? **NOTE THIS IS YOUR LAST QUESTION. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SHOW BOTH SIDES OF YOUR PAPER PRIOR TO EXITING EXAM.**

The nurse is caring for a client with an implanted port. What equipment will the nurse gather to access the port?  SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

A patient has been receiving frequent blood transfusions. Soon after this transfusion has begun, the patient develops a fever and reports a “racing heart” but does not report any pain. The nurse notes that the patient is also hypotensive. These clinical manifestations may be the cause of which type of transfusion reaction? 

Blood passes in a direct route from the hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary gland through the…

Target cells for hypothalamic releasing hormones are in the…

What stimulates the release of PTH from the parathyroid gland?

Within a living cell, the oxidation of one molecule is always coupled with the simultaneous _____ of another molecule.