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Hematologic

Disorders of oxygen carriage, clotting, and the marrow. Nursing hinges on precautions: bleeding precautions, neutropenic precautions, and knowing which anemia teaching applies.

9 disorders

Anemias

High-yield in research

Iron, B12/pernicious, folate, aplastic, hemolytic — the cause→finding table and Z-track.

Sickle Cell Disease & Crisis

SCD High-yield in research

Vaso-occlusion — hydration, oxygen, pain (HOP) and the crisis triggers.

DIC

DIC in research

Bleeding and clotting at once — the labs that tell the story.

Thrombocytopenia (ITP & HIT)

HIT in research

Low platelets — bleeding precautions, and HIT’s stop-heparin-now rule.

Leukemias

in research

Marrow crowded out by blasts — neutropenic precautions are the flagship content.

Lymphomas

in research

Hodgkin vs non-Hodgkin — B symptoms and staging basics.

Multiple Myeloma

in research

Plasma-cell marrow disease — CRAB findings and pathologic-fracture safety.

Hemophilia & von Willebrand

in research

Inherited factor deficiencies — bleed response and activity teaching.

Polycythemia Vera

in research

Too many cells, too-thick blood — hyperviscosity and phlebotomy care.

Detailed pages for these disorders are being researched and clinically verified. Heart Failure (Cardiovascular) is the fully built reference — start there to see a complete disorder page.