After receiving a change-of-shift report, which patient would the nurse assess first?

Chas has been hospitalized for the past 2 days on the surgery floor for abdominal pain. He reports having lost about 15 lbs. in the past 4 weeks due to abdominal pain because he’s been afraid to eat anything since everything seems to cause the pain. He will be going to surgery tomorrow and the surgical team thinks he will be NPO for at least 10 days. Which of the following is Chas at risk for when beginning PN?

Match the system to its function: Picks up and cleans excess fluid from tissues.

Match the system to its organs: Esophagus, large intestine, rectum

Match the system to its function: A functional organ system which provides a means of protecting us from foreign invaders.

Preschool children who are vaccinated against specific microorganisms would be expected to develop a form of immunity against those microorganisms due to the immune mechanism of:

Cell-mediated immunity is moderated by

A specific component of the adaptive immune system formed in response to antigenic stimulation is

Increased susceptibility to pyogenic infections can be caused by

Storage of blood specimens for flow cytometry analysis prior to analysis should be: