The topic in brief | Case Study : GI Bleed |
Describe Your task | |
Type of Service | Case Study |
Urgency | |
No. of Pages/Wordcount | 2 page(s)/ 550 Words |
Academic Level | Undergraduate/Associate Degree |
Citation Style | APA Style |
Detailed Description/Explanation | Instructions Assignment Objectives: Identify and select appropriate interventions including diagnostic tests and nursing interventions. Analyze physiological and psychological responses to illness and treatment modalities Purpose: Examine case study related to hematologic disease and answer the assigned questions. This assignment should help refine your clinical/critical thinking skills. Assignment Description: Answer the questions in the grading criteria related to each of the patients provided. Your answer must follow APA 6th edition format. Submit the answer to this assignment area. A 70 year old male patient describes symptoms he has noticed in the past 3 days: easily fatigued, severe shortness of breath, being so weak he sleeps all the time, and bright red blood in the toilet with bowel movements. Your assessment reveals cool skin, pale oral mucosa and conjunctivae, positive hemoccult test, and a Hgb of 5 g/dL. You diagnose him with a gastrointestinal bleed. He will require a blood transfusion. He has Blood Type B+. Identify the type of anemia he has. Describe which blood types he can receive safely and why these are compatible with his Type B+. Describe the blood types he cannot receive and why they are incompatible with Type B+. Explain the transfusion reactions he may experience if he receives incompatible blood products. |
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