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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Pediatrics

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A nurse is aware that a child with AIDS is more prone to infection than an adult with AIDS because:
  1. child with AIDS is exposed to more pathogen than an adult with AIDS.
  2. the immune system of a child is incapable of producing antibodies.
  3. the AIDS virus attacks child’s immune systems through a different mechanisms
  4. a child has fewer circulating antibodies resulting from a lack of previous exposure to pathogens.
Explanation
Answer: D - Adults have higher levels of antibodies than children because over time they have been exposed to more pathogens. Other options are incorrect because in comparison, they do not differ.
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