A nurse is providing education to a mother about the importance of having her infant immunized for measles, mumps, and rubella. This immunization will provide what type of immunity?
a. Active
b. Passive
c. Natural
d. Acquired
A
Active immunity refers to the immunization of an individual by administration of an antigen (in-fectious agent or vaccine) and is usually characterized by the presence of an antibody produced by the individual host.
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The anterior fontanel usually closes at:
A) Age 1 to 2 months. B) Age 4 months. C) Age 6 months. D) Age 12 to 18 months.
You are growing fatigued of performing a maneuver on examination because you have never found a positive and are usually pressed for time. How should you next approach this maneuver?
A) Use this test when you have a higher suspicion for a certain correlating condition. B) Omit this test from future examinations. C) Continue doing the test, but rely more heavily on laboratory work and diagnostics. D) Continue performing it on all future examinations.
A psychiatric–mental health nurse is working with a client who attempted suicide several weeks earlier. Which of the following statements regarding suicide is most accurate?
A) Suicide is more prevalent in countries other than the United States. B) Suicide is relatively uncommon in affluent neighborhoods, indicating poverty is a factor. C) Suicide has profound effects on those people who are connected to the individual. D) "Suicide" is defined as the voluntary or unintentional act of taking one's own life.
The nurse is testing a patient's peripheral visual ability. What technique should the nurse use?
a. Cover test b. Visual fields c. Corneal light reflex test d. Six cardinal fields of gaze