The young father tells the industrial nurse at work that he is afraid he will give his 2-week-old baby his cold. The nurse can assure him that the baby is protected by which type of immunity?
a. Acquired immunity
b. Passive immunity
c. Active immunity
d. Passive natural immunity
D
Passive natural immunity is the immunity a baby gets from the mother, in utero or from breast milk, that lasts for the first several months of the baby's life.
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The nurse is helping in discharge planning for a client who needs extensive rehabilitation and is on a complicated medication schedule. The nurse would want to coordinate the client's care by including which person in this client's plan?
1. Client's spouse 2. Physician 3. Pharmacist 4. Social worker
These statements are about apical-radial pulses. Which is correct?
a. The rates should be the same. b. The apical rate should be greater than the radial rate. c. The radial rate should be greater than the apical rate. d. The radial rate can be higher than the api-cal rate.
The nurse is preparing an antenatal nutrition class for pregnant women. Which material should be included in the teaching?
1. During pregnancy, consumption of oily fish should be avoided. 2. Dietary protein can only be obtained through consuming dairy, meat, and eggs. 3. Nutritional iodine requirements generally can be met through intake of iodized salt. 4. Iron absorption is generally higher for vegetable products than for animal products.
The nurse is caring for a malnourished patient with anorexia nervosa. For which potentially fatal health problem should the nurse monitor this patient?
1. MAOI toxicity 2. Vitamin deficiency 3. Refeeding syndrome 4. SSRI-induced suicidality