Which Statement by a Patient Would Alert the Nurse to a Possible

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which statement by a patient would alert the nurse to a possible immunodeficiency disorder?

• A) "I take one baby aspirin every day to prevent stroke."
• B) "I usually eat eggs or meat for at least 2 meals a day."
• C) "I had my spleen removed many years ago after a car accident."
• D) "I had a chest x-ray 6 months ago when I had walking pneumonia."

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Definitions:

Peripheral Nervous

Part of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord, including nerves and ganglia, responsible for relaying information to and from the body to the central nervous system.

Parasympathetic Nervous

Part of the autonomic nervous system that restores the body to a state of calm and counterbalances the effects of the sympathetic nervous system.

Sympathetic Nervous

Part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for action by triggering the fight-or-flight response.

Nervous System

An assembly of nerve cells and their fibrous connections that facilitate the transmission of nerve impulses among body regions, synchronizing bodily processes and perception.