Aplastic anemia
Structured condition card with NCLEX priority cues and nursing action focus.
Aplastic anemia
Etiology / Pathophysiology
- Bone marrow failure can be idiopathic, immune-mediated, drug/toxin-related, viral, or inherited.
- Low production of RBCs, WBCs, and platelets causes anemia, infection risk, and bleeding risk.
Medications
No specific medication class was seeded for this card.
Signs / symptoms
- Pancytopenia: low RBCs, WBCs, and platelets.
- Fever or bleeding is priority.
Nursing actions
- Assess fatigue, pallor, dyspnea, bleeding, bruising, fever, and infection signs.
- Use bleeding and infection precautions based on counts.
- Monitor CBC trends and transfusion or transplant pathway orders.
Complications
- Severe infection
- Hemorrhage
- Heart strain from anemia
- Death
NCLEX cues
- Pancytopenia: low RBCs, WBCs, and platelets.
- Fever or bleeding is priority.
Memory hooks
- Aplastic marrow is empty production.
Labs / Diagnostics
- CBC with differential
- Reticulocyte count
- Bone marrow biopsy
- Type and screen when transfusion possible
Review notes
- Supplemental wife-requested study card. Use for NCLEX review only and verify against school materials, ATI/NCLEX review sources, current orders, and facility policy.
Cross references
Related cards are generated from the shared study map, not hand-built per page.
Condition card for Aplastic anemia: recognize the testable cue, prevent the complication, and choose the safest first nursing action.
Infection-prevention practices for clients with low neutrophils.
Estimate of infection-fighting neutrophils in the blood.
Measures oxygen-carrying red blood cell status and blood concentration.
Reduced immune response from disease or treatment.
Tiny pinpoint red or purple spots from capillary bleeding.
Administration of blood products such as packed RBCs, platelets, plasma, or cryoprecipitate.
Needle sample of marrow, often from posterior iliac crest, to evaluate blood cell production or malignancy.