The nurse, working with a nursing student, is caring for a patient who is to receive interleukins. The student nurse asks you what happens physiologically when a patient receives interleukins. What is the nurse's best response?
A) "It really helps the patient!"
B) "The patient has increases in the number of natural killer cells."
C) "The patient has decreased cytokine activity."
D) "The patient gets really sick from flu-like symptoms and then they get better."
B
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When interleukins are administered, there are increases in the numbers of natural killer cells and lymphocytes, in cytokine activity, and in the number of circulating platelets. Options A, C, and D are incorrect.
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