Author Question: The nurse is teaching the patient who will require long-term corticosteroid therapy how to reduce ... (Read 81 times)

go.lag · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse is teaching the patient who will require long-term corticosteroid therapy how to reduce the risk of infection. What suggestions will the nurse include?

A) Avoid large crowds of people tightly packed together.
B) Avoid working in areas with other people.
C) Avoid exercising to reduce risk of injury.
D) Avoid touching other people who may carry germs.

Question 2

How do immune suppressants work when ordered for a patient who has had an organ transplant?

A) Blocking normal effects of the immune system
B) Stimulating immune system to fight off infection
C) Working with corticosteroids to enhance healing
D) Working with corticosteroids to promote suppressor cells

Smiles0805 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Feedback:
With long-term therapy, the importance of avoiding exposure to infectioncrowded areas, people with colds or the flu, activities associated with injuryshould be stressed. If an injury or infection should occur, the patient should be encouraged to seek medical care. These patients do not need to avoid work, exercise, or touching others but they should use good hand hygiene to avoid infection from these sources.

Answer to Question 2

A
Feedback:
Immune suppressants are used to block the normal effects of the immune system in cases of organ transplantation (in which nonself-cells are transplanted into the body and destroyed by the immune reaction) and in autoimmune disorders (in which the body's defenses recognize self-cells as foreign and work to destroy them) in some cancers. Options B, C, and D are distracters for this question.