An 81-year-old female is attending a scheduled visit to her family physician. The client asks her doctor why it is that she and her peers seem to get sick frequently, in spite of their efforts to stay active and eat nutritiously.
Which of the following responses best captures an aspect of the immune function of older adults?
A)
It's normal that the function and resiliency of your immune system decrease with age.
B)
Normal, age-related changes combined with outside factors make older adults more susceptible to getting sick.
C)
Your body produces fewer antibodies as you age, making you more vulnerable to infections than younger people.
D)
With a healthy lifestyle and proper medical treatment, you can generally maintain the same immune function as younger people.
Question 2
Laboratory testing is ordered for a male patient during a clinic visit for a routine follow-up assessment of hypertension. When interpreting lab values, the nurse knows that
A)
a normal value represents the test results that fall within the bell curve.
B)
if the lab result is above the 50 distribution, the result is considered elevated.
C)
all lab values are adjusted for gender and weight.
D)
if the result of a very sensitive test is negative, that does not mean the person is disease free.
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