The charge nurse at a nursing home impresses on a visiting class of nursing assistants the importance of hand washing, because older adults have a depressed immune response. One contributor to this depressed immune response in older adults is:
A) Decreased serum activity of the thymic hormones
B) Inactivation of varicella-zoster infections
C) Decreased serum concentrations of IgA and IgG
D) High pain sensitivity associated with inflammation
Question 2
A patient, age 84, has a history of a large left inguinal hernia. He is complaining of nausea, vomiting, abdominal distention, and inguinal pain.
A serious complication of a hernia in which the blood supply to the tissue becomes occluded is called a(n) a. strangulated hernia.
b. hiatal hernia.
c. incarcerated hernia.
d. sliding hernia.
Critical thinking involves analysis in which the nurse examines patient data available from a variet
The nurse applies a pulse oximeter sensor on the client’s finger.
Differences between a Nurse Practitioner
Nursing interventions for patients with a fever
Differences in the antigen-processing pathways between MHC molecules class I and class II.
Another class of dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors is exemplified by trimethoprim