NUR 1211 Medical Surgical Exam 2- Questions and Answers 2025

NUR 1211 Medical Surgical Exam 2-
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Questions and Answers 2025 |\ |\ |\




A nurse is working with a patient who was diagnosed with HIV
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several months earlier. The nurse should recognize that a patient
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with HIV is considered to have AIDS at the point when the CD4+
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T-lymphocyte cell count drops below what threshold? |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




A) 75 cells/mm3 of blood
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B) 200 cells/mm3 of blood
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C) 325 cells/mm3 of blood
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D) 450 cells/mm3 of blood - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B) 200
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cells/mm3 of blood |\ |\




When CD4+ T-cell levels drop below 200 cells/mm3 of blood, the
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person is said to have AIDS.
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A nurse is planning a patients care and is relating it to normal
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immune response. During what stage of the immune response
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should the nurse know that antibodies or cytotoxic T cells
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combine and destroy the invading microbes?
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A) Recognition stage
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B) Proliferation stage
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C) Response stage
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D) Effector stage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D) Effector stage
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,In the effector stage, either the antibody of the humoral response
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or the cytotoxic (killer) T cell of the cellular response reaches
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and couples with the antigen on the surface of the foreign
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invader.


A nurse is planning the assessment of a patient who is exhibiting
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signs and symptoms of an autoimmune disorder. The nurse
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should be aware that the incidence and prevalence of
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autoimmune diseases is known to be higher among what group? |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




A) Young adults
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B) Native Americans
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C) Women |\




D) Hispanics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C) Women
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Many autoimmune diseases have a higher incidence in females
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than in males, a phenomenon believed to be correlated with sex
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hormones.


Middle-aged adults are part of an age group that is known to be |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


interested in health and health promotion, and the nurse is |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


planning health promotion activities accordingly. To what
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suggestions do members of this age group usually respond with |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


enthusiasm? Select all that apply. |\ |\ |\ |\




A) How lifestyle practices can improve health
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B) How to eat healthier
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,C) How exercise can improve your life
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D) Strategies for adhering to prescribed therapy
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E) Exercise for the aging - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A) How
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lifestyle practices can improve health|\ |\ |\ |\




B) How to eat healthier
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C) How exercise can improve your life
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Young and middle-aged adults represent an age group that not
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only expresses an interest in health and health promotion but
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also responds enthusiastically to suggestions that show how
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lifestyle practices can improve health; these lifestyle practices
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include nutrition and exercise. Middle-aged adults may not
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respond positively to teaching aimed at the aging. Adherence is
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not noted to be a desired focus in this age group.
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A nurse has been working with Mrs. Griffin, a 71-year-old patient
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whose poorly controlled type 1 diabetes has led to numerous
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health problems. Over the past several years Mrs. Griffin has had
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several admissions to the hospital medical unit, and the nurse
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has often carried out health promotion interventions. Who is
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ultimately responsible for maintaining and promoting Mrs. Griffins
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health?
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, A) The medical nurse
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B) The community health nurse who has also worked with Mrs.
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Griffin


C) Mrs. Griffins primary care provider
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D) Mrs. Griffin - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D) Mrs. Griffin
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American society places a great importance on health and the
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responsibility that each of us has to maintain and promote our |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


own health. Therefore, the other options are incorrect.
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An elderly female patient has come to the clinic for a scheduled
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follow-up appointment. The nurse learns from the patients
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daughter that the patient is not following the instructions she
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received upon discharge from the hospital last month. What is
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the most likely factor causing the patient not to adhere to her
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therapeutic regimen? |\




A) Ethnic background of health care provider
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B) Costs of the prescribed regimen
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C) Presence of a learning disability
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