MED SURG 2 FINAL EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT
SOLUTION | 2026 LATEST UPDATED GET A+
innate immunity - (Answer)Born with it (skin)
adaptive immunity - (Answer)developed throughout life (germs)
Passive immunity - (Answer)gained through other sources (vaccine)
During a mumps outbreak at a local school, a patient, who is a school teacher, is exposed. She
has previously been immunized for mumps. What type of immunity does she possess?
a. Acquired immunity
b. Natural immunity
c. Phagocytic immunity
d. Humoral immunity - (Answer)A
An infection control nurse is presenting an in service reviewing the immune response. The nurse
describes the clumping effect that occurs when a antibody acts like a crosslink between two
antigens. What process is the nurse explaining?
a. Agglutination
,b. Cellular immune response
c. Humoral response
d. Phagocytic immune response - (Answer)A
A patient is being treated for bacterial pneumonia. In the first stages of illness, the patients claims
to be feeling better and I afebrile. The patient is most likely in which stage of the immune
response?
a. Recognition stage
b. Proliferation stage
c. Response stage
d. Effector stage - (Answer)D
A nurse has admitted a patient who has been diagnosed with urosepsis. What immune response
predominates in sepsis?
a. Mitigated
b. Nonspecific
c. Cellular
d. Humoral - (Answer)D
,A patient requires ongoing treatment and infection-control precautions because of an inherited
deficit in immune function. The nurse should recognize that this patient most likely has what
type of immune disorder?
a. Primary immune deficiency
b. Gammopathy
c. Autoimmune disorder
d. Rheumatic disorder - (Answer)C
A patient is undergoing testing to determine the overall function of her immune system. What
test can be performed to evaluate the functioning of the patients cellular immune system?
a. Immunoglobulin testing
b. Delayed hypersensitivity skin test
c. Specific antibody response
d. Total serum globulin assessment - (Answer)B
The nurse is completing a focused assessment a patients immune function. What should the
nurse prioritize in the physical assessment?
a. Percussion of the patients abdomen
b. Palpation of the patients liver
, c. Auscultation of the patient apical heart rate
d. Auscultation of the patients apical heart rate - (Answer)D
A patients most recent laboratory findings indicate a GFR of 58 mL/min. The nurse should
recognize what implication of this diagnostic finding?
a. The patient is likely to have a decreased level of blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
b. The patient is at risk for hypokalemia
c. The patient is likely to have irregular voiding patterns
d. The patient is likely to have increased serum creatine levels - (Answer)D
A 45-year-old man with diabetic nephropathy has ESKD can lead to prerenal failure.
Glomerulonephritis and aminoglycoside toxicity are renal causes, and ureterolithiasis is a
postrenal cause.
a. "Hemodialysis is a treatment option that is usually required three times a week."
b. "Hemodialysis is a program that will require you to commit to daily treatment"
c. "This will require you to have surgery and a catheter will need to be inserted into your
abdomen"
d. "Hemodialysis is a treatment that is used for a few months until your kidney heals and starts to
produce urine again" - (Answer)A
SOLUTION | 2026 LATEST UPDATED GET A+
innate immunity - (Answer)Born with it (skin)
adaptive immunity - (Answer)developed throughout life (germs)
Passive immunity - (Answer)gained through other sources (vaccine)
During a mumps outbreak at a local school, a patient, who is a school teacher, is exposed. She
has previously been immunized for mumps. What type of immunity does she possess?
a. Acquired immunity
b. Natural immunity
c. Phagocytic immunity
d. Humoral immunity - (Answer)A
An infection control nurse is presenting an in service reviewing the immune response. The nurse
describes the clumping effect that occurs when a antibody acts like a crosslink between two
antigens. What process is the nurse explaining?
a. Agglutination
,b. Cellular immune response
c. Humoral response
d. Phagocytic immune response - (Answer)A
A patient is being treated for bacterial pneumonia. In the first stages of illness, the patients claims
to be feeling better and I afebrile. The patient is most likely in which stage of the immune
response?
a. Recognition stage
b. Proliferation stage
c. Response stage
d. Effector stage - (Answer)D
A nurse has admitted a patient who has been diagnosed with urosepsis. What immune response
predominates in sepsis?
a. Mitigated
b. Nonspecific
c. Cellular
d. Humoral - (Answer)D
,A patient requires ongoing treatment and infection-control precautions because of an inherited
deficit in immune function. The nurse should recognize that this patient most likely has what
type of immune disorder?
a. Primary immune deficiency
b. Gammopathy
c. Autoimmune disorder
d. Rheumatic disorder - (Answer)C
A patient is undergoing testing to determine the overall function of her immune system. What
test can be performed to evaluate the functioning of the patients cellular immune system?
a. Immunoglobulin testing
b. Delayed hypersensitivity skin test
c. Specific antibody response
d. Total serum globulin assessment - (Answer)B
The nurse is completing a focused assessment a patients immune function. What should the
nurse prioritize in the physical assessment?
a. Percussion of the patients abdomen
b. Palpation of the patients liver
, c. Auscultation of the patient apical heart rate
d. Auscultation of the patients apical heart rate - (Answer)D
A patients most recent laboratory findings indicate a GFR of 58 mL/min. The nurse should
recognize what implication of this diagnostic finding?
a. The patient is likely to have a decreased level of blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
b. The patient is at risk for hypokalemia
c. The patient is likely to have irregular voiding patterns
d. The patient is likely to have increased serum creatine levels - (Answer)D
A 45-year-old man with diabetic nephropathy has ESKD can lead to prerenal failure.
Glomerulonephritis and aminoglycoside toxicity are renal causes, and ureterolithiasis is a
postrenal cause.
a. "Hemodialysis is a treatment option that is usually required three times a week."
b. "Hemodialysis is a program that will require you to commit to daily treatment"
c. "This will require you to have surgery and a catheter will need to be inserted into your
abdomen"
d. "Hemodialysis is a treatment that is used for a few months until your kidney heals and starts to
produce urine again" - (Answer)A
