Exam 33: Immunologic Disorders

When the skin test shows a redness and swelling a few days after injection,the nurse assesses this as a hypersensitivity reaction of type:

Cells in the bone marrow that are capable of developing into RBCs,WBCs,or platelets are the ___________ cells.

While healthy bone marrow is growing back after chemotherapy in patients with leukemia,the nursing staff recalls that these patients are at greater risk for:

The laboratory results for a patient with acute leukemia that should alert the nurse to the fact that the drug protocols are not effective is:

In preparing discharge plans for a patient with SLE,the nurse must include:

The nurse uses a picture to show the histamine-releasing mast cells that are:

The nurse explains that early in life,lymphocytes migrate from the marrow of the bones to the ________________,in which they mature into T cells.

After a bone marrow transplant,the patient is placed on a protocol of chemotherapy and radiation and the nursing diagnosis of risk for injury is added.The nurse will add the intervention of assessing for:

A 24-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital for a complete medical examination.Her current complaints are indicative of SLE.Which one of the following symptoms would indicate this diagnosis?

The nurse explains that the inflammatory process has four distinct stages,which are:

An 11-year-old girl is diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).The parental statement that helps the nurse evaluate the teaching as successful is: