A blood specimen is obtained from an individual who is known to have elevated lipids. The physician has ordered an estrogen immunoassay that laboratory performs using a nephelometric technique. The lipemia that this specimen exhibits is considered as a preanalytical variable? your True False

You are a nurse in a nonsurgical cardiac unit caring for 92- year- old patient who has two sons, 15 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren. She lives in assisted living and has a history of congestive heart failure (CHF). She consistently struggles with balancing her fluids and electrolytes and has an affinity for dill pickles and sauerkraut. While hospitalized, she remains on a fluid restriction--- much to her chagrin, as she loves ice cream 3. What body areas offer observational evidence of excessive interstitial extracellular fluid (ECF) 4. Why would your patient be on a strict fluid restriction while hospitalized?

A Medical Technology staff in blood bank laboratory proceeds with weak D/Du typing in one of her blood donor who happened to be RH negative for anti-D typing.  She performed indirect antihuman globulin test (IAT) and her results revealed the presence of agglutination.Question 1: How will the MT staff reports the RH type of the donor? Support answer (with explanation). Question 2: Can a Du positive patient be classified as RH negative? Support answer (with explanation).

You are working in a large urban pediatric clinic after-hours. A mother brings her 6-month-old daughter, Vivi Mitchell, to the clinic for rhinorrhea, congestion, fever, and cough. Upon assessment, you identify the child has wheezing upon auscultation and on inspection, you identify retractions. The child is in less than 10th percentile of weight and has a cardiac history of Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA). Born at 36 weeks gestation. Mother states this child doesn’t go to day care but her two other children ages 2 and 3 do attend daycare. T- 102.1 HR 140 RR 40 BP 83/58 Pulse ox 96% A swab for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is positive.   Doctor orders - Nasal bulb suction and saline drops PRN, Tylenol 15mg/kg Q4 PRN for fever, Albuterol nebulizer in office and push po fluids as tolerated. After the albuterol neb treatment, respirations are 36 and oxygen saturation is 100%. Wheezing has diminished. Mom is an ER nurse and the doctor feels comfortable that she has a nebulizer at home…