Nonspecific, provides a broad spectrum of defense against and resistance to infection. Body's first line of defense.
What is Natural Immunity?
100
This disorder involving a complete absence of humoral and cellular immunity resulting from a X-linked or autosomal genetic abnormality
What is Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease?
100
During the HIV life cycle, this stage is when the CD4 T cells are activated, the double stranded DNA forms single stranded messenger RNA, which builds new viruses.
What is Transcription?
100
A primary mediator released by mast cells, it causes erythema, localized edema, pruritis, contraction of bronchial smooth muscles, dilation of small venules and constriction of larger vessels, increased secretion of gastric and mucosal cells resulting in diarrhea.
What is Histamine?
100
In RA, the autoimmune reaction primarily occurs in this type of tissue.
What is synovial tissue?
200
This response causes bacterial phagocytosis and lysis, anaphylaxis, allergic hay fever and asthma, immune complex disease, bacterial and some viral infection.
What is Humoral Response? (B-cell)
200
The time when symptoms first appear in patients with SCID
What is 3 months?
200
At this stage of HIV, T cells have reduced to 200-499 CD4 + T Lymphocytes/mm and the patient exhibits at least one complication associated with a defect in cellular immunity (ex. oral candidiasis or diarrhea exceeding one month in duration).
What is Category B / Symptomatic HIV?
200
A delayed or cellular reaction occurs 1 to 3 days after exposure to an antigen. The reaction which results in tissue damage, involves activity by lymphokines, macrophages, and lysozymes. Erythema and itching are common, example: contact dermatitis, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
What is Type 4 hypersensitivity reaction?
200
This clinical manifestation of RA occurs when one bone slips over another and eliminates the joint space.
What is Subluxation?
300
This response is responsible for transplant rejection, delayed hypersensitivity reactions, graft vs host disease, tumor surveillance or destruction, and fights viral, fungal, or parasitic infections.
What is Cellular Response? (T-cell)
300
These are the two primary treatments for SCID.
What is stem cell and bone marrow transplant?
300
This test measures HIV RNA in the plasma.
What is Viral Load?
300
When using an Epi-Pen during an acute allergic reaction, this is the correct anatomical area for subcutaneous injection.
What is the upper thigh?
300
This factor is present in about 3/4 of patients with RA.
What is rheumatoid factor?
400
This substance is 75% of total immunoglobulin, appears in serum and tissues, major role in blood borne and tissue infections, activates the complement system, enhances phagocytosis, and crosses the placenta
What is IgG?
400
Nurses do this technique, especially in SCID, when performing invasive procedures, dressing changes, and other nursing care.
What is aseptic technique?
400
Therapy for HIV that includes at least one protease inhibitor, and a combination of various antiretroviral drugs.
What is HAART Therapy?
400
This is the first line therapy for preventing allergic reactions. Precipitating factors are discovered and removed from the patient's environment.
What is Avoidance Therapy
400
This is a treatment for early RA that provides both anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.
What is NSAIDs?
500
These are the four stages of immune response upon an invasion of a foreign antigen.
What is Recognition, Proliferation, Response and Effector Stages?
500
This may be blunted in patients with SCID that nurses need to pay particular attention to.
What is signs of infection?
500
Most common HIV related malignancy, is a disease that involves the endothelial layer of blood and lymphatic vessels.
What is Kaposi's Sarcoma?
500
These two types of medications suppress skin test reactivity and should be stopped 48-96 hours before intradermal skin testing for allergies.
What is corticosteroids and antihistamines?
500
A type of exercise to promote mobility, purpose is to maintain flexibility and joint motion, and is recommended daily.