Author Question: The nurse, working with a nursing student, is caring for a patient who is to receive interleukins. ... (Read 29 times)

lindiwe · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

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.

Question 2

A patient asks the nurse how an anti-infective produces a therapeutic effect. What key point will the nurse explain to this patient?

A) Drugs used to treat infections date back to the 17th century.
B) All anti-infectives work in the same way to destroy organisms.
C) Selective toxicity determines the appropriate drug dosage needed.
D) The goal of anti-infectives is to interfere with normal functioning of the organism.

dellikani2015 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Feedback:
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.

Answer to Question 2

D
Feedback:
The goal of anti-infectives is to interfere with the normal function of the invading organism to prevent it from reproducing and to cause cell death without affecting host cells. Each class of anti-infectives works in a different way, but all have the same goal. Because bacteria cells have a slightly different composition than human cells, the bacteria are destroyed without interfering with the host. The first drugs used to treat systemic infections were developed in the early 20th century. The term selective toxicity refers to the ability to affect certain proteins or enzyme systems that are used by infecting organisms, but not by human cells.