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Question

IV therapy and Blood Transfusion Assignment

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1. Type and cross match must be completed within _____ hours of transfusion.

2. A blood transfusion should be administered within _____ minutes from the time it is obtained from the blood blank.

3. A blood transfusion should be infused within _____ hours from the time it is initiated.

4. ______________________ is a type of blood transfusion received form a donor

5. ______________________ is a type of transfusion form the patient/client's own blood.

6. A patient/client who requires a blood transfusion for various health conditions can receive ___________________________, _____________________, ____________________________________________, or ________________________ depending on the why they need a transfusion.

Short answer questions

1. What is the most common transfusion reaction? What nursing interventions will be implemented if a patient experiences this adverse transfusion reaction? How can using leukocyte reduced blood products prevent this transfusion reaction?

2. Your patient/client is experiencing a mild allergic transfusion reaction. What symptoms accompany this reaction? How will you treat it? Under what conditions can the transfusion be restarted?

3. What is the cause of a severe allergic reaction during transfusion therapy? What measure will you take once this adverse transfusion reaction is identified?

4. Which patients/clients are most at risk for circulatory overload with transfusion reactions? How will you identify this adverse reaction? What interventions will you expect to implement for this patient? Which blood product would be preferred for a patient with congestive heart failure, whole blood or packed red blood cells and why?

5. The patient needs rapid infusion of IV lactated Ringer solution at the same time as the blood transfusion. How will the nurse administer the IV solution?