When the nurse sees a diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis on the chart, the nurse knows this is a disorder of:
a. intravascular coagulation.
b. iron overload.
c. leukocytosis.
d. granulocytosis.
ANS: B
Iron overload can be primary, as in hereditary hemochromatosis. Hemochromatosis is not associ-ated with coagulation, leukocytosis, or granulocytosis.
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