Chapter 37 Patients With Immunodeficiency

Chapter 37  Patients With Immunodeficiency

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

1.
A nursing educator is discussing primary immunodeficiency diseases with a group of recent graduates. What would the educator tell the nurses about primary immunodeficiency diseases?
A)
They need IVIG as treatment.
B)
They are the result of infection.
C)
Their origin is genetic.
D)
They can be acquired spontaneously.

2.
The clinic nurse is caring for a patient who has a longstanding diagnosis of HIV. The nurse has assessed that the patient is experiencing a progressive decline in cognitive, behavioral, and motor functions. The nurse recognizes that these symptoms are most likely related to the onset of what?
A)
HIV encephalopathy
B)
B-cell lymphoma
C)
Kaposi’s syndrome
D)
Wasting syndrome

3.
The nurse is assessing a 28-year-old man with HIV who has been admitted with pneumonia. In assessing the patient, which of the following observations takes immediate priority?
A)
Oral temperature of 100°F
B)
Tachypnea and restlessness
C)
Frequent loose stools
D)
Weight loss of 1 pound since yesterday

4.
A male patient has come into the free clinic asking to be tested for HIV infection. The patient asks the nurse how the test works. The nurse responds that if the testing shows antibodies to the AIDS virus are present in the blood, this indicates what?
A)
The patient is immune to HIV.
B)
AIDS is inactive in the body.
C)
The patient may have unprotected intercourse because he is not infected with HIV.
D)
The patient has been infected with HIV.

5.
An immunocompromised patient with a diagnosis of AIDS has just been admitted to the medical unit with abdominal pain. The patient’s health care provider has ordered an abdominal radiograph. How should the nurse best facilitate the test?
A)
Arrange for a portable X-ray machine to be used.
B)
Have a patient wear a mask to the X-ray department.
C)
Have the X-ray department disinfected prior to the patient arriving.
D)
Send the patient to the X-ray department, and have the staff in the department don masks.

Answer Key

1.
C
2.
A
3.
B
4.
D
5.
A