The nurse manages care for clients who have had organ transplants. What is the best information for the nurse to include when teaching the clients about body defenses?
1. Nonspecific body defense is effective primarily against bacteria.
2. Specific body defense usually only acts against a single organism.
3. Specific body defense includes the complement system.
4. Nonspecific body defense is also known as the immune response.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Nonspecific body defense is effective against many kinds of microbes and environmental hazards, not just bacteria.
Rationale 2: Specific body defense usually only acts against a single organism.
Rationale 3: Nonspecific body defense, not specific body defense, includes the complement system.
Rationale 4: Specific body defense, not nonspecific body defense, is known as the immune response.
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