ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 55 Questions
Question 1 of 5
Health care facilities have reduced the incidence of serious latex reactions by taking which action?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Powder inside gloves can become aerosolized and cause inhalant reactions.
Question 2 of 5
Which step is the third step in the sequence of a plasmapheresis procedure?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The whole blood is drawn out of one arm; circulated through a cell separator; plasma is separated with its cellular components; the undesirable components are removed; the remainder of plasma is returned through a vein in the opposite arm; and the lost plasma is replaced with lactated Ringer, normal saline, frozen plasma, or albumin.
Question 3 of 5
A patient is admitted with a secondary immunodeficiency from chemotherapy. The nurse expects the plan of care to focus on which aspect?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Immune deficient persons are at risk for infection and need to be protected aggressively for contagion.
Question 4 of 5
For which purpose is plasmapheresis used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Plasmapheresis is the removal of plasma-containing components causing or thought to cause disease.
Question 5 of 5
Which disease results from one's own immune system attacking the body?
Correct Answer: A,B,D,E
Rationale: Autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, myasthenia gravis, thrombocytopenic purpura, rheumatoid arthritis, and Guillain-Barré syndrome are treated with plasmapheresis.