The Nurse Notes That a Patient Being Evaluated for a Kidney

question 31

Multiple Choice

The nurse notes that a patient being evaluated for a kidney transplant has antihuman antibodies in the blood. What should the nurse realize is the potential source of these antibodies? Select all that apply.

• A) Pregnancy
• B) History of a dog bite
• C) Previous organ transplant
• D) Previous blood transfusion
• E) Exposure to bird droppings

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Definitions:

Medially Rotate

The action of rotating a limb or another body part toward the central axis of the body.

Eversion

The movement of turning the sole of the foot outward or away from the midline of the body.

Inversion

In genetics, inversion refers to the reversal of the orientation of a segment of a chromosome. In physics, it can relate to operations that reverse the sign of some physical quantity or spatial coordinates.

Rotator Cuff

A group of muscles and tendons that provide stability and movement to the shoulder joint.