NURS-6501N-21,Advanced Pathophysiology.2022 Spring Qtr 02/-PT27 Test Quiz - Week 2

When a patient asks the nurse what hypersensitivity is, how should the nurse respond? Hypersensitivity is best defined as: Selected Answer: Correct c. An excessive or inappropriate response of the immune system to a sensitizing antigen Correct Answer: Correct c. An excessive or inappropriate response of the immune system to a sensitizing antigen Question 2 1 out of 1 points Exhaustion occurs if stress continues and is not successful. Selected Answer: Correct c. Adaptation Correct Answer: Correctc. Adaptation Question 3 1 out of 1 points Which of the following individuals would be at greatest risk for an opportunistic infection? Selected Answer: Correctc. 24-year-old who is immunocompromised Correct Answer: Correctc. 24-year-old who is immunocompromised Question 4 1 out of 1 points An infant develops a fever secondary to a bacterial infection. Which of the following most likely triggered the fever? Selected Answer: Correct a. Interleukin-1 Correct Answer: Correct a. Interleukin-1 Question 5 1 out of 1 points A 65-year-old female is diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. She has developed muscle wasting. Which of the following substances would be produced in large quantities to eliminate the tumor cells and cause muscle wasting? Selected Answer: Correctc. Tumor necrosis factor Correct Answer: Correctc. Tumor necrosis factor