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Following delivery, the parents have chosen to have their infant's cord blood frozen. A blood test
is performed on the cord blood and found to contain IgM antibodies. The nurse interprets this to
mean: - Answers the infant has been exposed to an intrauterine infection.
Select the type of lymphocyte that matures in the bone marrow. - Answers B lymphocytes
An obstetrics nurse is counseling an expectant mother. The mother is concerned about letting
people hold her baby once the baby is born, fearing that the infant will get sick. What should the
nurse explain to the mother? - Answers Maternal immunoglobulins cross the placenta and
protect the newborn early in life.
Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is released in response to allergy or parasitic infections? - Answers
IgE
A client is being evaluated for atopic dermatitis possibly caused by a latex-related allergic
reaction. The nurse will review which lab results to determine if an allergy is present? - Answers
Serum IgE
Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is the most abundant of circulating antibodies? - Answers IgG
Once T helper cells are activated, they secrete which substance that activates and influences
nearly all of the other cells of the immune system? - Answers Cytokines
The nurse is aware that the only class of immunoglobulins to cross the placenta is: - Answers
IgG
A nurse is reviewing labs for a client newly diagnosed with a bacterial infection. In determining if
the client is experiencing a primary immune response, the nurse looks for which type of
antibody produced from activated immature B cells? - Answers IgM
A client had been exposed to a particular antigen and now experiences a repeat exposure. What
stimulates a quicker immune response? - Answers memory T cells
The nurse is planning care for a client with a diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency. What is
the priority intervention to incorporate into the plan? - Answers Protecting the client from
infection
A pregnant client gets immunized for influenza while in the second trimester. What response
occurs in the newborn after birth with regard to protection from the flu? - Answers Maternal
vaccination may offer fetal and neonatal passive immunity against the flu.
Substances foreign to the host that can stimulate an immune response are known as: - Answers
Antigens