The nursing instructor is talking about monitoring laboratory tests in renal and urinary tract dysfunction. What is monitored to assess for anemia?
A) Hematocrit
B) Hemoglobin
C) Oxygen level
D) Peripheral blood flow
Ans: B
Feedback: Although historically hematocrit has been the blood test of choice when assessing a patient for anemia, use of the hemoglobin level rather than hematocrit is currently recommended, because that measurement is a better assessment of the oxygen transport ability of the blood. The assessment of oxygen level and peripheral blood flow are not assessments that will give you any information on anemia.
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