NRS 3025 - Exam 1 Questions and
Correct Answers.
What is a biopsy? - Answer provides a definitive diagnosis, tells (1) site of origin, and (2) cell
characteristics
Where can a bone marrow biopsy be taken from? - Answer sternum or iliac crest
What is an endoscopy? - Answer camera enters through the mouth and looks at the upper
GI
What is a laparoscopy? - Answer camera enters through incision in the stomach to view the
GI tract and pelvis
What is a thoractomy? - Answer removing a portion of the blood
What should you monitor post-biopsy? - Answer bleeding + respiratory depression
What ANC is immunosuppresion? - Answer 1,000
What is the normal value of ANC? - Answer 3,000-7,000
What is neutropenia? - Answer low neutrophils
What are neutropenic precautions? - Answer private room, hand hygiene, no invasive
procedures, dedicated equipment, no flowers, no fruit
What are the most common side effects of chemotherapy? - Answer nausea/vomiting +
anorexia, alopecia, neuropathy, anemia, thrombocytopenia, pancytopenia, mucositis, stomatitis
What is mucositis? - Answer inflammation of the mucous lining in the upper GI
What is stomatitis? - Answer inflammation in the oral cavity
What is teletherapy? - Answer external radiation therapy
, What is bracytherapy? - Answer internal radiation therapy
What are the main side effects of radiation therapy? - Answer skin breakdown + impaired
wound healing, fatigue, hair loss
What is anemia? - Answer low Hgb
What is iron deficiency anemia? - Answer low iron in the blood
What are S/S of iron deficiency anemia? - Answer brittle fingernails, bleeding, pallor of
conjunctiva
What labs indicate iron deficiency anemia? - Answer low serum iron, low blood ferritin, high
total iron-binding capacity
When should you take iron supplements to increase absorption? - Answer between meals
What is the difference between vitamin B12 and pernicious Anemia? - Answer Vitamin B12 =
low B12
Pernicious = deficiency of intrinsic factor that is necessary for absorption of B12
What is the main S/S of vitamin B12/pernicious anemia? - Answer peripheral neuropathy
What test can be done to differentiate between vitamin B12 and pernicious anemia? - Answer
Schilling test
What is sickle cell anemia? - Answer RBCs become malformed during periods of stress and
block capillaries
What are the main S/S of sickle cell anemia? - Answer pain, fatigue
What are the treatment goals of sickle cell anemia? - Answer management of pain, hydration
What is polycythemia vera? - Answer abnormal proliferation of RBCs (high RBCs)
How do you treat polycythemia vera? - Answer phlebotomy (removal of excess blood) and
medications: aspirin, antihistamines, hydroxyurea
Correct Answers.
What is a biopsy? - Answer provides a definitive diagnosis, tells (1) site of origin, and (2) cell
characteristics
Where can a bone marrow biopsy be taken from? - Answer sternum or iliac crest
What is an endoscopy? - Answer camera enters through the mouth and looks at the upper
GI
What is a laparoscopy? - Answer camera enters through incision in the stomach to view the
GI tract and pelvis
What is a thoractomy? - Answer removing a portion of the blood
What should you monitor post-biopsy? - Answer bleeding + respiratory depression
What ANC is immunosuppresion? - Answer 1,000
What is the normal value of ANC? - Answer 3,000-7,000
What is neutropenia? - Answer low neutrophils
What are neutropenic precautions? - Answer private room, hand hygiene, no invasive
procedures, dedicated equipment, no flowers, no fruit
What are the most common side effects of chemotherapy? - Answer nausea/vomiting +
anorexia, alopecia, neuropathy, anemia, thrombocytopenia, pancytopenia, mucositis, stomatitis
What is mucositis? - Answer inflammation of the mucous lining in the upper GI
What is stomatitis? - Answer inflammation in the oral cavity
What is teletherapy? - Answer external radiation therapy
, What is bracytherapy? - Answer internal radiation therapy
What are the main side effects of radiation therapy? - Answer skin breakdown + impaired
wound healing, fatigue, hair loss
What is anemia? - Answer low Hgb
What is iron deficiency anemia? - Answer low iron in the blood
What are S/S of iron deficiency anemia? - Answer brittle fingernails, bleeding, pallor of
conjunctiva
What labs indicate iron deficiency anemia? - Answer low serum iron, low blood ferritin, high
total iron-binding capacity
When should you take iron supplements to increase absorption? - Answer between meals
What is the difference between vitamin B12 and pernicious Anemia? - Answer Vitamin B12 =
low B12
Pernicious = deficiency of intrinsic factor that is necessary for absorption of B12
What is the main S/S of vitamin B12/pernicious anemia? - Answer peripheral neuropathy
What test can be done to differentiate between vitamin B12 and pernicious anemia? - Answer
Schilling test
What is sickle cell anemia? - Answer RBCs become malformed during periods of stress and
block capillaries
What are the main S/S of sickle cell anemia? - Answer pain, fatigue
What are the treatment goals of sickle cell anemia? - Answer management of pain, hydration
What is polycythemia vera? - Answer abnormal proliferation of RBCs (high RBCs)
How do you treat polycythemia vera? - Answer phlebotomy (removal of excess blood) and
medications: aspirin, antihistamines, hydroxyurea
