Question

What nursing action should the nurse take when caring for a child with aplastic anemia?

Answer 1

The nurse should administer IM or IV iron in case when orally iron is poorly absorbed, and should perform sensitivity testing of IM iron injection to avoid the high risk of anaphylaxis.

Iron deficiency anemia occurs whenever body goes to very low levels of iron and it is not able to support normal red blood cells (RBC) production, it is also described as iron deficiency or decreased total iron body content.

The nurse should prescribe those medications which provides high supply of iron to body, and should educate about the foods which contains high iron like; leafy vegetables, raisins, mollases and beans etc. ,

Also should prescribe to their patient a diet with high levels of vitamin C, which led to higher absorption of iron from iron rich foods.

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