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Patients diagnosed with emphysema are often referred to as “Blue Bloaters” due to the characteristic bluish discoloration of their skin, resulting from low oxygen levels in the blood.  Additionally, these patients are typically described as being on the heavier side due to the chronic respiratory insufficiency associated with the disease, leading to weight gain.

A home care nurse arrives at an older adult client with emphysema who is smoking. Which statement by the nurse would be most appropriate? 

What term should the nurse use to document a stationary blood clot that forms in the blood vessel?

A trauma nurse is providing care to a patient who sustained a penetrating wound to the anterior right chest. The patient is having difficulty breathing, and no breathing sounds were heard over the right chest. What is the most likely diagnosis?

You’re assessing the patient’s complete blood count (CBC). Which lab result below demonstrates thrombocytopenia?

In the emergency room, a patient arrived complaining of chest pain. The electrocardiogram (ECG) showed no ST elevation, indicating a non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (Non-STEMI). In the case of a true myocardial infarction (MI), these enzymes are released into the bloodstream when the heart muscle is damaged, providing important diagnostic cardiac bio markers for detecting a heart attack.

The nurse is caring for a client with a terminal condition (brain stem injury)who is dying, with a breathing condition described as gradual increases and decreases in respirations with periods of apnea. Which respiratory assessment findings would indicate to the nurse that death is imminent?

What will the nurse educate the parents of a child who has recently been diagnosed with von Willebrand disease?

When blood pressure , the kidneys release the enzyme renin into the bloodstream. Renin breaks down from the liver into angiotensin I. Angiotensin I travels through the bloodstream and is then converted into angiotensin II by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). Angiotensin II is an active hormone that causes the muscular walls of small arteries (arterioles) to constrict, leading to an in blood pressure. It also stimulates the adrenal glands to release and anti-diuretic hormones, causing retention of and excretion of potassium through urine, leading to water retention, increasing blood volume, and ultimately raising blood pressure.

What is the role of platelets in the blood?