Exam 15: Care of the Patient with an Immune Disorder

Which symptom would be classified as a mild transfusion reaction?

The nurse takes into consideration that when the antigen and antibody react,the complement system is activated which:

Because the older adult has decreased production of saliva and gastric secretions,they are at risk for:

A patient is undergoing immunotherapy on a perennial basis.With this form of treatment,what should the patient receive?

What is the major negative effect of cell-mediated immunity?

The nurse explains that when the patient received tetanus antitoxin with the antibodies in it,the patient received a ___________ type of immunity.

The LPN/LVN has arrived at the patient's bedside with a unit of packed cells to be connected to an IV that is infusing.When the RN arrives,what is the first thing the nurses must do?

An anxious patient enters the emergency room with angioedema of the lips and tongue,dyspnea,urticaria,and wheezing after having eaten a peanut butter sandwich.What should be the nurse's first intervention?

What would the nurse recommend for a 94-year-old home health patient with deteriorated cell-mediated immunity?

Health care facilities have reduced the incidence of serious latex reactions by:

The nurse recommends to the busy mother of three that the antihistamine fexofenadine (Allegra)would be more beneficial than diphenhydramine (Benadryl)because Allegra:

Which of the following provide the body with innate immunity? (Select all that apply. )

What should the nurse include to assess for in the plan of care for a patient undergoing plasmapheresis?

What is the purpose of plasmapheresis in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis?

What timeframe must blood be transfused within once it has been removed from refrigeration?

The nurse arrives at the bedside of a patient who has had a unit of packed cells infusing in his right arm for 35 minutes.He is complaining of chills,itching,and shortness of breath.What should be the nurse's initial action?

What should the nurse do because of the increasing strength of the dose in the injections for immunotherapy?

The patient who had an asthma-like reaction to a desensitization shot was medicated with a subcutaneous injection of epinephrine.What effect should the nurse assure the anxious patient this will have?

The nurse outlines for a patient who has asthma attacks from pollen that the process from exposure to symptoms follows a systematic sequence.Place the physiologic responses of an allergic asthma attack in sequence.(Separate letters by a comma and space as follows: A,B,C,D)

The nurse stresses that when a person produces his own antibodies against a specific antigen,that process of immunity is ______________ ________________ immunity