A Patient with Aplastic Anemia Is to Receive an Injection

question 21

Multiple Choice

A patient with aplastic anemia is to receive an injection of erythropoietin (Epogen) . The patient asks what the injection is intended to do. Which of the following responses by the nurse is best?

• A)"It works like a blood transfusion to give you extra red blood cells."
• B)"It will inhibit the protein that is attacking your blood cells."
• C)"It will stimulate your body to produce more of its own red blood cells."
• D)"It will increase your energy while your body is recovering from the anemia."

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Definitions:

Mental Grouping

The cognitive process of organizing concepts, objects, or ideas into categories based on common properties to simplify understanding and memory.

Step-by-Step

Involves breaking down information, processes, or problems into smaller, manageable parts to facilitate understanding or completion.

Belief Perseverance

Clinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited.

Availability Heuristic

Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of their vividness), we presume such events are common.