NR 283 Exam 2 Concept Review
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NR 283 Concept Review Exam 2
Summer - Session B
**Please be sure to study etiology, clinical manifestations and complications, pathophysiology of the following topics:
Immunology : The Immune system seeks out invaders that attack our bodies constantly
The Immune system must be able to
Recognize
Respond and
Remember the invader.
Immunity means you have protection, but before that you must have been attack by the virus to be immune to it. E.g chicken pox, when someone is exposed to chicken pox virus for the first time, after a couple of days the signs will appear (rash on skin) while the immune system is busy fighting it off. After the person gets better the virus the immune system has the ability to create the memory cells which carries the memory of the chicken pox virus forever. That’s why people that previously had chicken pox rarely get it for the second time. Another example is through vaccination, when we get vaccinated our immune system thinks we already have the virus and builds a line of defense through the memory cells.
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