Blood Transfusions: Procedures, Reactions, & NCLEX Essentials
SimpleNursing · 24 Oct 2025 · 22 min
Summary
An NCLEX-oriented nursing lecture on blood transfusion, covering PRBCs, platelets and FFP indications, safe administration steps, and recognition and management of transfusion reactions including febrile, anaphylactic, haemolytic and circulatory overload. It also reviews blood groups, Rh factors and RhoGAM in pregnancy, with an adult/general nursing rather than paediatric focus.
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