The delayed major process that leads to organ transplant rejection is
a. hypersensitivity.
b. cellular immunity.
c. autoimmune factors.
d. immunodeficiency.
Question 2A detailed history and assessment of a 59-year-old male patient lead the nurse to suspect that the patient may have masked hypertension. A patient who has masked hypertension:
A) Lacks the characteristic risk factors associated with hypertension
B) Has occasional spikes in blood pressure (BP) but lacks the high serial BP readings necessary for a diagnosis
C) Tends to have normotensive BP during health assessments and high BP at other times
D) Has signs and symptoms of hypertension but is unwilling to engage in the treatment process
Question 3As part of a patient's admission assessment, the nurse has assessed the patient's blood pressure (BP) and achieved a reading of 133/78 . What physiological factors contribute to the patient's blood pressure reading?
A) Cardiac output multiplied by peripheral vascular resistance
B) The differences between preload and afterload during systole and diastole
C) Stroke volume multiplied by total vascular space
D) Heart rate multiplied by mean heart contractility
Question 4After a bee sting, a patient's face becomes edematous and she begins to wheeze. Based on this assessment, the nurse would be prepared to administer:
a. aminophylline.
b. diphenhydramine (Benadryl).
c. diazepam (Valium).
d. epinephrine.
Question 5The nurse has held a unit conference on the specific immune response. Which statement by a colleague indicates an understanding of cell-mediated immune response? Cell-mediated responses are
a. directed from humorally mediated B cells.
b. the direct attack of activated T-cell lymphocytes.
c. from cells matured in the bone marrow.
d. characterized by antigen-specific immunoglobulins.
Question 6A team of public health nurses are strategizing around a new initiative that will address screening, education, and management of hypertension in residents of the community.
Which of the following facts surrounding hypertension should underlie the nurses' design of this health initiative?
A) Many of the pathophysiological effects of hypertension are poorly understood in the health literature.
B) Hypertension is difficult to identify in many of the individuals who are at highest risk of the problem.
C) Hypertension tends to be inadequately managed in many of the people who have been diagnosed with the problem.
D) Hypertension is among the health problems that are most difficult to treat successfully.
Question 7A patient is recovering from a kidney transplant. He is receiving cyclosporine after surgery. The purpose of this drug is to
a. promote diuresis.
b. prevent infection.
c. manage pain.
d. suppress the immune response.
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