NURS 115 test 3 Liberty - Hemostasis
and renal function Final Exam and All
Actual Answers.
Major blood components - Answer RBC (Red blood cells)
WBC (white blood cells)
Platelet
Plasma
In a viral illness what type of white blood cell will increase? - Answer Lymphocytes
In a bacterial illness what type of white blood cell will increase? - Answer Neutrophils
In allergic reactions what type of white blood cells increase? - Answer Eosinophils and
basophils
In a parasitic infection what type of white blood cells increase? - Answer Eosinophils
Normal range of Hgb for men - Answer 14-18
What does Hgb measure? - Answer The oxygen carrying capacity of the RBC's (or of the
blood)
Normal range of Hgb for women - Answer 12-16
What would cause Hgb to increase?
Decrease? - Answer Polycythemia vera, COPD, dehydration, burns
Anemia, hemorrhage, cancer, kidney disease
What does Hct measure - Answer The percentage of RBC's to a volume of blood
Normal range of Hct for men - Answer 43-52
Normal range of Hct for women - Answer 37-47
, When would you see an increase in Hct?
Decrease? - Answer Polycythemia vera, dehydration, hypoxia
Leukemia, anemia, hemorrhage, bone marrow failure
What is MCV?
Normal range?
Increases in what?
decreases in what? - Answer Mean corpuscular volume is the average volume or size of a
single RBC, used to categorize anemias
Normal range is 80-95 um
Increases in alcoholism, pernicious anemia, and folic acid deficiency
Decreases in iron deficiency anemia and Thalassemia
What is MCH?
Normal range?
Increases in what?
decreases in what? - Answer Mean corpuscular hemoglobin measures the average amount
of hemoglobin within a RBC
Normal range is 27-31 pg
increases in macrocytic anemia
decreases in microcytic anemia
What is MCHC?
Normal range?
Increases in what?
decreases in what? - Answer Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration is a measure of
the average concentration/percentage of hemoglobin within a RBC
Normal range 32-36 g/dl (or %)
Increases in intravascular hemolysis
Decreases in iron deficiency anemia and Thalassemia
What is RDW?
Normal range?
Increases in what? - Answer Red Blood Cell Distribution Width is an indication of variations
in RBC size
normal range is 11-14.5%
and renal function Final Exam and All
Actual Answers.
Major blood components - Answer RBC (Red blood cells)
WBC (white blood cells)
Platelet
Plasma
In a viral illness what type of white blood cell will increase? - Answer Lymphocytes
In a bacterial illness what type of white blood cell will increase? - Answer Neutrophils
In allergic reactions what type of white blood cells increase? - Answer Eosinophils and
basophils
In a parasitic infection what type of white blood cells increase? - Answer Eosinophils
Normal range of Hgb for men - Answer 14-18
What does Hgb measure? - Answer The oxygen carrying capacity of the RBC's (or of the
blood)
Normal range of Hgb for women - Answer 12-16
What would cause Hgb to increase?
Decrease? - Answer Polycythemia vera, COPD, dehydration, burns
Anemia, hemorrhage, cancer, kidney disease
What does Hct measure - Answer The percentage of RBC's to a volume of blood
Normal range of Hct for men - Answer 43-52
Normal range of Hct for women - Answer 37-47
, When would you see an increase in Hct?
Decrease? - Answer Polycythemia vera, dehydration, hypoxia
Leukemia, anemia, hemorrhage, bone marrow failure
What is MCV?
Normal range?
Increases in what?
decreases in what? - Answer Mean corpuscular volume is the average volume or size of a
single RBC, used to categorize anemias
Normal range is 80-95 um
Increases in alcoholism, pernicious anemia, and folic acid deficiency
Decreases in iron deficiency anemia and Thalassemia
What is MCH?
Normal range?
Increases in what?
decreases in what? - Answer Mean corpuscular hemoglobin measures the average amount
of hemoglobin within a RBC
Normal range is 27-31 pg
increases in macrocytic anemia
decreases in microcytic anemia
What is MCHC?
Normal range?
Increases in what?
decreases in what? - Answer Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration is a measure of
the average concentration/percentage of hemoglobin within a RBC
Normal range 32-36 g/dl (or %)
Increases in intravascular hemolysis
Decreases in iron deficiency anemia and Thalassemia
What is RDW?
Normal range?
Increases in what? - Answer Red Blood Cell Distribution Width is an indication of variations
in RBC size
normal range is 11-14.5%
