A client is to receive a vaccine for measles. The vaccine includes antigens that, when added to the body, create an antibody response. This is an example of _____ immunity
a. acquired active
b. acquired passive
c. natural active
d. natural passive
ANS: A
This vaccine is acquired, rather than natural, since it is administered. It is considered active because it stimulates the body's antigen-antibody response.
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a. Benzodiazepine b. Melatonin agonist c. L-tryptophan antagonist d. Nonbenzodiazepine, benzodiazepine receptor agonist
The nurse will assess for _____________ when the older adult home health patient complains that the entire right side of his head hurts and he cannot chew without pain
a. mumps b. external otitis c. otitis media d. labyrinthitis
In follow-up appointments or visits with parents and their new baby, it is useful if the nurse can identify parental behaviors that can either facilitate or inhibit attachment. Which of the following is a facilitating behavior?
1. Parents have difficulty naming the infant. 2. Parents hover around the infant, directing attention to and pointing at the infant. 3. Parents make no effort to interpret actions or needs of infant. 4. Parents do not move from fingertip touch to palmar contact and holding.
A client develops acute renal failure and a resulting metabolic acidosis. The nurse recognizes that the respiratory system compensates through:
1. Hypoventilation and increase of bicarbonate levels in the bloodstream 2. Alternating periods of deep versus shallow breaths to maintain homeostasis of the serum pH 3. Hyperventilation to decrease the serum CO2 level and thereby raise the pH 4. Expansion of the lung tissues to their fullest, which increases the inspiratory re-serve volumes to provide more oxygen to the tissues