An RN Working in a General Medical-Surgical Unit Is Caring

question 35

Multiple Choice

An RN working in a general medical-surgical unit is caring for a 57-year-old female with a bladder infection. Two weeks prior to hospitalization, the patient was experiencing slight burning upon urination. She self-treated by increasing her intake of fluids, but her symptoms continued to worsen. One week later, she developed generalized abdominal pain and a fever. She presented to the hospital when the pain became unbearable and fever reached 104°F. She was admitted to the medical-surgical unit and started on multiple IV antibiotics with concern that she could be developing a kidney infection.
-Which line(s) of defense has/have been breached in this patient's case? 

• A)Only the first line of defense has been breached.Her second line of defense is fighting off this infection.
• B)No lines of defense have been breached.Her intact barrier system is keeping her kidneys from becoming infected.
• C)The second line of defense has been breached.Her lymphocytes are now being challenged by this infection.
• D)There are no lines of defense for this sort of infection.

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Definitions:

Control Chart

A graphical tool used in process control to display how a process changes over time, highlighting whether the process stays within predetermined control limits.

Sample Means

The arithmetic average of a set of values or observations, derived from a subset of a larger population.

Control Limits

The boundaries of acceptable variation in a process, used in statistical process control charts.

Chance Variation

The unpredictable fluctuations or differences that are observed in different samples from the same population, even under the same conditions.