Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question

question 19

Multiple Choice

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
JV is a 16-year-old male with cystic fibrosis. He has been admitted several times to your pulmonary inpatient unit with multiple microorganism infections, including Pseudomonas and H. influenza. Because of the thickness of his mucous secretions, his cilia become immobile and unable to clear his lungs of bacteria harboring mucus. He is supposed to perform vigorous airway mucous clearance at home with a vibrating vest and IPV (intrapulmonary percussive ventilation) device. However, he says that it takes hours and he does not always feel sick. Therefore, he often refuses to do his therapies at home.
-If JV's cilia are unable to clear his lungs of mucus,what line of defense is being breached?

• A)first line of defense
• B)second line of defense
• C)third line of defense
• D)first and second lines of defense

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

The process of learning in which two stimuli are systematically paired together, so that a response first drawn out by the second stimulus is in time drawn out by only the first stimulus.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally triggers a reflex or response without the need for prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually triggers a conditioned response.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is at first elicited only by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.