The function of monocytes in immunity is related to their ability to:

One faction of cell-mediated immunity is

The reason newborns are protected for the first 6 months of life from bacterial infection is because of the maternal transmission of

In type I hypersensitivity reaction the primary immunoglobulin disorder appears to be

The Nurse is altered to possible anaphylactic shock immediately after a patient has received IM penicillin by the development of:

The nurse advises a friend who asks him to administer his allergy shots that:

Association between HLA antigen and diseases is most commonly found in what disease conditions:

The most common Immunodeficiencies is:

What accurately describes rejection following transplantation

Which type of isolation precautions are appropriate for TB

Transmission of HIV from and infected person to another most commonly occurs from:

During HIV infection:

A diagnoses of HIV is made when:

Screening of HIV infection generally involves

HIV antiretroviral drugs are used to

Opportunistic diseases in HIV infection

Which strategy can the nurse teach the patient to eliminate risk of HIV transmission?

What is the most appropriate nursing intervention to help an HIV-infected patient adhere to a treatment regimen?

A patient 1 day after postoperative abdominal surgery has incisional pain, 99.5F temp, slight erythema at the incision margins, and 30 mL serosanguineous drainage in the JP drain. Based on this assessment, what conclusion would the nurse make?

The nurse is assessing a patient with chronic leg wound finds local signs of erythema and the patient complains of pain at the wound site. What would the nurse anticipate being ordered to assess the patients systemic response?

What intervention would be most effective in restoring normal body temperature for a patient who has a temperature of 103.7

A nurse is caring for a patient who has a pressure ulcer that is treated with debridement, irrigations, and moist gauze dressings. How should the nurse anticipate healing to occur?

An 82 year old man is being cared for at home by his family. A ,pressure ulcer on his right buttocks is 1 x 2 x 0.8 cm in depth, and pink subcutaneous tissue is completely visible on the wound bed. Which stage would the nurse document on the wound assessment form?

The nurse assesses a patient’s surgical wound on the first postoperative day and notes redness and warmth around the incision. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

A patient with a systemic bacterial infection feels cold and has a shaking chill. Which assessment finding will the nurse expect next

A young adult patient who is receiving antibiotics for an infected leg wound has a temperature of 101.8° F (38.7° C) The patient reports having no discomfort. Which action by the nurse is appropriate

A patient’s 4 -3cm leg wound has a 0.4-cm black area in the center of the wound surrounded by yellow-green semiliquid material. Which dressing should the nurse apply to the wound?

A patient with rheumatoid arthritis has been taking oral corticosteroids for 2 years. Which nursing action is most likely to detect early signs of infection in this patient?

The nurse should plan to use a wet-to-dry dressing for which patient?

A patient from a long-term care facility is admitted to the hospital with a sacral pressure ulcer. The base of the wound involves subcutaneous tissue. How should the nurse classify this pressure ulcer?

A young male patient with paraplegia has a stage II sacral pressure ulcer and is being cared for at home by his family. To prevent further tissue damage, what instructions are most important for the nurse to teach the patient and family?

The nurse will perform which action when doing a wet-to-dry dressing change on a patient’s stage III sacral pressure ulcer?

A new nurse performs a dressing change on a stage II left heel pressure ulcer. Which action by the new nurse indicates a need for further teaching about pressure ulcer care?

The nurse could delegate care of which patient to a licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN)?

The patient who reports increased tenderness and swelling around a leg wound

After the home health nurse teaches a patient’s family member about how to care for a sacral pressure ulcer, which finding indicates that additional teaching is needed?

Which example should the nurse use to explain an infant’s “passive immunity” to a new mother?

The nurse is advising a clinic patient who was exposed a week ago to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through unprotected sexual intercourse. The patient’s antigen and antibody test has just been reported as negative for HIV. What instructions should the nurse give to this patient?

A patient who has a positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies is admitted to the hospital with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) and a CD4+ T-cell count of less than 200 cells/L. Based on diagnostic criteria established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which statement by the nurse is correct?

A pregnant woman with asymptomatic chronic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is seen at the clinic. The patient states, “I am very nervous about making my baby sick.” Which information will the nurse include when teaching the patient?

A patient who is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected has a CD4+ cell count of 400/μL. Which factor is most important for the nurse to determine before the initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for this patient?

The nurse will most likely prepare a medication teaching plan about antiretroviral therapy (ART) for which patient?

Contact with an antigen through actual infection such as chicken pox, measles, and mumps

transplacental and colostrum transfer from mother to child such as maternal immunoglobulins passed to baby

immunization with antigen such as vaccines for chicken pox, measles and mumps

injection of serum antibodies from one person (such as injection of hep B immune globulin) to another person who does not have the antibodies

Which cells are important for activating an immune response

Primary immune response is evident after .......... days after initial exposure to antigen

leukopenia is a total WBC count less then

leucocytosis is a WBC greater then

neutropenia puts a patient at increase risk of infections when count is less then

ANC less then 1000 means

Immature neutrophils are not capable of phagocytosis

Then nurse is assessing a patient with a diagnoses of inflammation. The nurse would expect to find which of the following signs and symptoms consistent with acute inflammation?

The nurse identified each of the following clinical manifestations of inflammation which would the nurse classify as a local response.

physical barriers that offer the body protection from damage and infection are located in the?

A public health nurse is teaching the community about health promotion. Which information should the nurse include for innate immunity. Innate immunity is gained;

When an a AID ask the nurse about the purpose of the inflammatory process, how should the nurse respond?