Transfusion reaction

Jehovah Witnesses will not accept a blood transfusion even when faced with the alternative of death. Jehovah Witnesses believe that God does not allow transfusions of blood. In this culture it is believed that if a Jehovah Witness loses their life serving Jesus; the rewards will be greater in the afterlife. As a nurse it is important to respect the patient’s…

Everyday people go unaware of the traits they could potentially be carrying. People are usually educated on their genotypes after their child has developed a dreadful disease like sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is a chronic blood disorder in which a mutated form of hemoglobin causes the red blood cells to sickle. When the red blood cells sickle, they can cause clogging within small blood vessels. This can lead to severe pain, organ damage, and paralysis because the body does not get…

For a nurse to be competent in their nursing practice, there must be adequate communication and efficient care. When the nurse encounters a culturally diverse patient, or a patient from a different culture, there are a variety of obstacles that may impede the nurse with having adequate communication and efficient care with the patient. The purpose of this post is to review the various obstacles that can occur when the nurse and patient come from different cultures. The obstacles to review are…

This clinical case involves a blood disorder called the autoimmune hemolytic anemia. This disorder occurs when the body immune system malfunctions and makes antibodies that act against the cells. What could cause the body’s immune system to turn against its own red blood cells? Sometimes the cause is unknown, but at times the destruction occurs for no known reason within the autoimmune hemolytic anemia disorder. The disorder is also called idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia since the exact…

in the joints, dark urine, leg ulcers around the ankles and etc. The author gives the readers ten important rules to manage sickle cell disease. There are treatments and treatments for sickle cell disease such as penicillin, hormones and blood transfusions. Finally the author talks about genetics in sickle cell disease and how it 's passed on from parent to…

for a person with splenectomy to take penicillin for this will help with fighting infection. If the issue is not contained bacteria may trigger blood infection, infection covering the brain and spinal cord, and lung infection. Red blood cells transfusion is very helpful in these cases. It raises the amount of red blood cells in the body, and since these are healthy cells, they live longer they can provide more oxygen to organs and…

Hyperlipidemia is an abnormally high level of blood lipids and lipoproteins (LeMone, 2015, p. 867). There are two categories of hyperlipidemia: primary and secondary. Primary hyperlipidemia is due to a genetic defect. “There may be a defective synthesis of the apolipoproteins, a lack of lipoprotein receptors, defective receptors, or defects in the handling of cholesterol in the cell that are genetically determined” (Porth, 2011, p. 407). Secondary hyperlipidemia is initiated by other diseases…

“The art of phlebotomy originated with bloodletting in 1400 B.C. and the modern clinical lab emerged in the 1960s – and it has not fundamentally evolved since then.” – Elizabeth Holmes. The reason for phlebotomy is to draw blood for lad tests. One test that is commonly used to determine ones overall health is and detect a range of disorders is a complete blood count (CBC) test. Some examples of disorders are anemia, infection and leukemia. The complete blood count (CBC) test measures multiple…

Charles Richard Drew was an african american surgeon who first discovered methods for storing blood plasma and organized the first large scale blood bank in U.S. He was born on June 3, 1904 in washington D.C. and died on April 1, 1950 in North Carolina. Charles got his education from Columbia University, Amherst College and McGill University. He was the first african american to earn a degree from Columbia. Drew was a doctor, surgeon and educator. Drew is very well know as “The father of blood…

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder, in which people have abnormal hemoglobin. This causes a variety of problems for the person throughout their entire life, but severity of the disease varies. Sickle Cell Disease is not necessarily deadly, but it decreases the average life expectancy of a persson. In countries like the United states, a person with Sickle Cell Disease has a life expectancy of about forty to sixty years. Other than stem cell transplants there is no cure…