A nurse is providing education to a group of young mothers. The nurse would explain that as children grow, they develop immunity through:
1. Immunization or exposure to the natural disease.
2. Acquiring diseases from family members who had the disease.
3. Acquiring diseases from other children.
4. Being born with diseases already in their systems.
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Rationale 1: As children grow, they develop immunity through immunization or exposure to the natural disease. As children mature and become more active, they interact more frequently with other children and adults and increase their exposure to infectious agents.
Rationale 2: Children cannot acquire diseases from family members who had the disease
Rationale 3: Acquiring disease from other children would not give children immunity.
Rationale 4: Newborns cannot be born with childhood disease.
Global Rationale:
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