A public health nurse is teaching the community about health promotion. Which information should the nurse include for innate immunity? Innate immunity is gained:
a. following an illness.
b. at birth.
c. via injection of specific antibodies.
d. in adulthood.
ANS: B
Innate immunity is present at birth. It is not dependent on illness or injection.
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