A 3-year-old is making play cakes in a sandbox and is eating the play cakes. The sand was also being used by cats as a litter box and was contaminated with toxoplasmosis. Which of the fol-lowing would most likely also be present?
a. Granuloma formation
b. Degranulation
c. Blood clots
d. Exudate production
ANS: A
Infections caused by bacteria such as toxoplasmosis can result in granuloma formation. Degranu-lation is a part of mast cell destruction. Blood clots are not expected with chronic inflammation. Exudate production is pus formation.
You might also like to view...
The nurse is preparing an educational to teach clients how to determine the validity of content obtained from health-related Internet websites. Which information should the nurse plan to include in this teaching tool?
Select all that apply. A) Source for the information B) Sponsor of the website C) Ways to identify if the site is selling a product D) Number of visitors to the website E) Date the content was last reviewed
The earliest clinical manifestation of biliary atresia is
a. Jaundice b. Vomiting c. Hepatomegaly d. Absence of stooling
Community health nurses need to know that families are systems. Which of the following attributes of systems are also attributes of families? Select all that apply
A) Families are part of a larger suprasystem that includes many subsystems. B) Family members are independent. C) A family is greater than the sum of all its parts. D) A change within the family system not only affects the individual member but all of the family members. E) Families cannot be visualized as a mobile in which all of the pieces are suspended freely by a string.
Erica is a 50-year-old woman who developed insomnia around the time that she began menopause
She began treating her insomnia with over-the-counter hypnotics with reasonable success but stopped taking them early this week on the advice of a friend. Erica now describes her insomnia as being "worse than ever." The nurse should recognize what factor as the likely cause of her present insomnia? A) The fact that she stopped taking hypnotics suddenly rather than gradually B) The fact that she did not replace the hypnotic with a different drug prior to stopping the first drug C) The fact that her insomnia is attributable to hormonal causes rather than psychosocial factors D) The fact that she did not allow enough time to develop a stable serum level of the drug