The clinic nurse is providing instructions to a parent of a child with cystic fibrosis regarding the immunization schedule for the child. Which statement should the nurse make to the parent?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The nurse should state (D) that the child with cystic fibrosis (CF) needs the basic immunization series (e.g., DTaP, MMR) plus a yearly influenza vaccine. CF's thick mucus predisposes to respiratory infections, making vaccines essential flu shots reduce exacerbation risk. Altering the schedule (A) or skipping hepatitis (B) or polio (C) lacks rationale; CF doesn't contraindicate these. Full protection against communicable diseases, plus flu prevention, aligns with CF's chronic lung vulnerability, a nursing priority to educate parents on maintaining health and minimizing infection-driven complications.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The trachea (D) is the windpipe . This 10-12 cm cartilaginous tube connects larynx to bronchi, conducting air. The pharynx (A) is a throat passage. Bronchioles (B) are smaller airways. The larynx (C) houses vocal cords. D's structural role 16-20 C-shaped rings warms and humidifies air (Page 5, Q11A), unlike A's dual role or B's distal position, per anatomy texts.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: In infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS), surfactant deficiency (A) reduces compliance (C), needing higher pressures. Alveoli collapse (atelectasis), not overexpand (D, false), due to high surface tension (T) without surfactant (Q7). Premature lungs (28 weeks viable, Q15) lack type II pneumocytes' lamellar bodies, raising T (normal 30 dynes/cm to 50+), dropping C (< 0.1 L/cm H2O). D's burst claim contradicts collapse B's pressure (e.g., 20-30 cm H2O) fights this, and positive pressure aids, per physiology.