An older patient smoked tobacco most of the adult life. When planning health promotion education for this patient, the nurse includes information that such smoking
a. may produce alterations in the immune response.
b. is a risk factor for community-acquired pneumonia.
c. decreases the production of an immunog-lobulin called IgA.
d. increases the risk of gastric cancer.
B
Although the major host factor associated with community-acquired pneumonia is advanced age, smoking, alcohol abuse, chronic lung disease, recent history of viral upper respiratory tract in-fection, and neurologic disease are other contributing factors.
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a. Educator b. Content c. Learners d. Objectives
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a. 1 year b. 3 years c. 5 years d. 7 years
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