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20. The nurse educator is differentiating primary immunodeficiency diseases
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a. Immunodeficient patients will usually exhibit subtle and atypical
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22. A patient with a diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency informs the nurse
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shortness of breath. After determining that the patient's vital signs are within
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reference ranges, what action should the nurse take?
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who
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25. A nurse caring for a patient who has an immunosuppressive disorder knows
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that continual monitoring of the patient is critical. What is the primary rationale
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27. A home health nurse is caring for a patient who has an immunodeficiency.
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28. A nurse is preparing to discharge a patient with an immunodeficiency.
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education
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a. Signs and symptoms of adverse reactions
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29. A home health nurse will soon begin administering IVIG to a new patient
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a. Expected benefits and outcomes of the treatment
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30. The home health nurse is assessing a patient who is immunosuppressed
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following a liver transplant. What is the most essential teaching for this patient
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the family?
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, 31. Family members of an immunocompromised patient have asked the nurse
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why antibiotics are not being given to the patient in order to prevent infection.
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a. Using antibiotics to prevent infections can cause the growth of
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agammaglobulinemia
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and the parents do not understand why their baby did not develop an infection
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during the first months of life. The nurse should describe what phenomenon?
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1. A clinic nurse is caring for a patient admitted with AIDS. The nurse has
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related
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a. HIV encephalopathy
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2. A nurse is assessing a 28-year-old man with HIV who has been admitted with
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pneumonia. In assessing the patient, which of the following observations takes
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3. A patient has come into the free clinic asking to be tested for HIV infection.
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