Exam 14: Infection and Inflammation

The nurse is preparing an educational facts sheet on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)for older adults.What information does the nurse include? (Select all that apply. )

The nurse caring for an older adult patient being treated for influenza is especially careful to monitor and document assessment data related to which of the following?

An older patient smoked tobacco most of the adult life.When planning health promotion education for this patient,what information does the nurse include about smoking?

Which action by the nurse caring for a cognitively impaired older adult admitted to an acute care facility best minimizes this particular patient's risk for developing infections?

An older patient asks the nurse about taking Echinacea to prevent colds.What response by the nurse is best?

An immunosuppressed older adult patient reports symptoms of fatigue,facial rash,intermittent low-grade fever,and painfully swollen finger joints.The nurse anticipates which of the following findings?

A patient is receiving chemotherapy to treat cancer.What instructions does the nurse provide the patient and family to reduce the chance of infection? (Select all that apply. )

A student nurse is caring for a patient who has vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE).What action by the student requires the nurse to intervene?

The nurse wishes to control infection by manipulating the portal of entry.What action best demonstrates this process?

An older adult patient is experiencing problems with chewing while recovering from extensive oral surgery.Which action by the nurse best affects this patient's risk for infection?

The gerontologic nurse identifies which patient as having the greatest risk of immunosuppression as?

The nurse studying immunity understands that which are age-related changes in immune system functioning? (Select all that apply. )

A patient who is currently being treated for rheumatoid arthritis exhibits symptoms suspicious of tuberculosis (TB).The nurse anticipates that

A nurse has identified an older patient as being at high risk of infection.Which assessment data indicate that priority goals for this diagnosis have been met?

The nurse caring for an older adult patient currently receiving traditional drug therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)recognizes that the patient is at risk for developing which of the following complications?

The student learning about immunity understands that the chain of infection contains which parts? (Select all that apply. )

To educate patients on health promotion measures to minimize the effect of normal age-related changes in immunity,the gerontologic nurse does which of the following?

An older patient is hospitalized for an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),for which the patient is on chronic steroid use.The patient also has a fresh dog bite on the arm,which is not reddened or swollen,and is only slightly tender.The patient is afebrile,but the nurse finds the patient confused and agitated.What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

A patient is hospitalized with a nonhealing leg ulcer.Lab work does not demonstrate anemia.What action by the nurse is best?