The nurse is caring for a patient waiting for a heart transplant. The patient's spouse asks the nurse, Why don't they just choose any heart until the right heart can be found? What is the nurse's best response?
A) The more closely the new heart matches the patient's tissue, the less aggressive the immune reaction will be.
B) When the body responds to specific self-antigens to produce antibodies against its own cells, a severe immune response results.
C) Graft-versus-host disease would result making the patient very ill.
D) The patient would need to have suppressor T cells infused daily to maintain the heart.
Question 2
The nurse receives an order to administer leuprolide 5 mcg/kg subcutaneously to a child with precocious puberty. The child weighs 30 kg. What is the correct dosage for this child?
A) 150 mcg
B) 6 mcg
C) 68 mcg
D) 330 mcg
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