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MEDSURG 2 EXAM 3 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
- The nurse learns that the most important function of
inflammation and immunity is which purpose?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Providing maximum
protection against infection
- A nurse is assessing an older client for the presence of
infection. The client's temperature is 97.6° F (36.4° C). What response by the nurse is best?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Assess the client for more
specific signs
- A clinic nurse is working with an older client. What action is
most important for preventing infections in this client?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Assessing vaccination records
for booster shot needs Older adults may have insufficient antibodies that have already been produced against microbes to which they have been exposed. Therefore, older adults need booster shots for many vaccinations they received as younger people
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- A client has a leg wound that is in Stage II of the
inflammatory response. For what sign or symptom does the nurse assess?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Purulent drainage
During the second phase of the inflammatory response, neutrophilia occurs, producing pus
- A nurse learning about antibody-mediated immunity learns
that the cell with the most direct role in this process begins development in which tissue or organ?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Bone marrow
- The nurse understands that which type of immunity is the
longest acting?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Natural active
- The nurse working with clients who have autoimmune
diseases understands that what component of cell-mediated immunity is the problem?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Regulator T-cells
- A primary health care provider notifies the nurse that a client
has a ―bandemia.‖ What action does the nurse anticipate?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Administer antibiotics
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A bandemia, or shift to the left, in the white count differential means that an acute, continuing infection has placed so much stress on the immune system that the most numerous type of neutrophil in circulation are immature, or band cells. The nurse would anticipate administering antibiotics
- What does the nurse learn about the function of colony-
stimulating factor?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Triggers the bone marrow to
shorten the time needed to produce mature WBCs
- The older client's adult child questions the nurse as to why
the client is at higher risk for infection when the client's white cell count is within the normal range. What response by the nurse is best?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is ―White blood cells are less
active in older people so they are not as efficient.‖
- For a person to be immunocompetent, which processes need
to be functional and interact appropriately with each other?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Antibody-mediated immunity,
Cell-mediated immunity, Inflammation
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- A nurse is learning about the types of different cells
involved in the inflammatory response. Which principles does the nurse learn? (Select all that apply.)
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Eosinophils increase during
allergic reactions and parasitic invasion, Macrophages can participate in many episodes of phagocytosis, Monocytes turn into macrophages after they enter body tissues, Neutrophils can only take part in one episode of phagocytosis
- The nurse assesses clients for the cardinal signs of
inflammation. Which signs/symptoms does this include
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Edema, Redness, warmth,
Decrease function The five cardinal signs of inflammation include redness, warmth, pain, swelling, and decreased function
- Which are steps in the process of making an antigen-specific
antibody?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is Antibody-antigen binding,
Invasion, Recognition, Sensitization, Production
- The nurse is learning about immunoglobulins. Which
principles does the nurse learn?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: is IgA is found in high
concentrations in secretions from mucous membranes, IgE is