Exam 5: Immunity, Inflammation, and Infection

A large, heavy, and older adult patient has a stroke and develops an infected decubitus ulcer on the sacrum during the hospital stay.Approximately 2 weeks after the patient has gone home, the patient returns to the hospital with pneumonia.What is the distinction between these two infections?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 21

A patient who is receiving daily steroids for the control of a condition calls the nurse to ask advice about whether a small child who has been exposed to influenza should come and visit because she has not had any symptoms.What is the most appropriate response by the office nurse?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 22

A nurse assesses a high eosinophil count in a pediatric patient.The nurse recognizes that this elevation is an indicator of ______.

(Short Answer)

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Question 23

What occurrences of disease is the school nurse required to report to the health department? (Select all that apply.)

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 24

Prioritize the events of an antibody-mediated immunity response.______ (Place the events in the appropriate sequence.Do not separate answers with a space or punctuation.Example: ABCD.)

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 25

A patient with the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection asks what has caused the diarrhea.What is the best response by the nurse?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 26

A patient in early labor says to the nurse, "I will pass on protection from diseases, and the baby will not ever need any shots." What is the best response by the nurse?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 27

A patient has had several increasingly severe allergic reactions during last year's pollen season.This year, the patient comes regularly to the office to receive some antigen injections.What education will the nurse provide regarding these injections?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 28

A school nurse starts a clean-up campaign at a local elementary school in an effort to combat allergens.What is the most common allergic response disorder?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 29

What is the most effective method to control the spread of communicable disease?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 30

A nurse is bathing a patient who is immunodeficient and has a Cryptococcus infestation.What is the classification of this organism?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 31

A nurse explains that a medication given to a patient with a severe inflammatory response mimics a hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex.To what hormone is the nurse referring?

(Multiple Choice)

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Exam 5: Immunity, Inflammation, and Infection

A large, heavy, and older adult patient has a stroke and develops an infected decubitus ulcer on the sacrum during the hospital stay.Approximately 2 weeks after the patient has gone home, the patient returns to the hospital with pneumonia.What is the distinction between these two infections?

A patient who is receiving daily steroids for the control of a condition calls the nurse to ask advice about whether a small child who has been exposed to influenza should come and visit because she has not had any symptoms.What is the most appropriate response by the office nurse?

A nurse assesses a high eosinophil count in a pediatric patient.The nurse recognizes that this elevation is an indicator of ______.

What occurrences of disease is the school nurse required to report to the health department? (Select all that apply.)

Prioritize the events of an antibody-mediated immunity response.______ (Place the events in the appropriate sequence.Do not separate answers with a space or punctuation.Example: ABCD.)

A patient with the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection asks what has caused the diarrhea.What is the best response by the nurse?

A patient in early labor says to the nurse, "I will pass on protection from diseases, and the baby will not ever need any shots." What is the best response by the nurse?

A patient has had several increasingly severe allergic reactions during last year's pollen season.This year, the patient comes regularly to the office to receive some antigen injections.What education will the nurse provide regarding these injections?

A school nurse starts a clean-up campaign at a local elementary school in an effort to combat allergens.What is the most common allergic response disorder?

What is the most effective method to control the spread of communicable disease?

A nurse is bathing a patient who is immunodeficient and has a Cryptococcus infestation.What is the classification of this organism?

A nurse explains that a medication given to a patient with a severe inflammatory response mimics a hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex.To what hormone is the nurse referring?

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