The nurse is caring for a client who is hospitalized on a medical unit for a systemic infection. The client asks the nurse which defenses the body has against infection. Which physiologic barriers that protect the body against microorganisms should the nurse include in the response to the client? Select all that apply.
A)The spleen
B)Adequate urinary output
C)Intact skin
D)Generalized inflammation
E)The thymus gland

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A)Physiologic barriers include adequate urinary output and intact skin. The act of voiding flushes out organisms that might try to access the body through the urinary meatus. Intact skin is a physiologic barrier that prevents a variety of microorganisms from entering the body. Although the inflammatory response helps fight infection, it occurs when the body's physiologic barriers to microorganisms have already been breached. Similarly, while the spleen and thymus gland are part of the immune system, they are not physiologic barriers but rather internal organs in which lymphoid cells proliferate and/or mature.
B)Physiologic barriers include adequate urinary output and intact skin. The act of voiding flushes out organisms that might try to access the body through the urinary meatus. Intact skin is a physiologic barrier that prevents a variety of microorganisms from entering the body. Although the inflammatory response helps fight infection, it occurs when the body's physiologic barriers to microorganisms have already been breached. Similarly, while the spleen and thymus gland are part of the immune system, they are not physiologic barriers but rather internal organs in which lymphoid cells proliferate and/or mature.
C)Physiologic barriers include adequate urinary output and intact skin. The act of voiding flushes out organisms that might try to access the body through the urinary meatus. Intact skin is a physiologic barrier that prevents a variety of microorganisms from entering the body. Although the inflammatory response helps fight infection, it occurs when the body's physiologic barriers to microorganisms have already been breached. Similarly, while the spleen and thymus gland are part of the immune system, they are not physiologic barriers but rather internal organs in which lymphoid cells proliferate and/or mature.
D)Physiologic barriers include adequate urinary output and intact skin. The act of voiding flushes out organisms that might try to access the body through the urinary meatus. Intact skin is a physiologic barrier that prevents a variety of microorganisms from entering the body. Although the inflammatory response helps fight infection, it occurs when the body's physiologic barriers to microorganisms have already been breached. Similarly, while the spleen and thymus gland are part of the immune system, they are not physiologic barriers but rather internal organs in which lymphoid cells proliferate and/or mature.
E)Physiologic barriers include adequate urinary output and intact skin. The act of voiding flushes out organisms that might try to access the body through the urinary meatus. Intact skin is a physiologic barrier that prevents a variety of microorganisms from entering the body. Although the inflammatory response helps fight infection, it occurs when the body's physiologic barriers to microorganisms have already been breached. Similarly, while the spleen and thymus gland are part of the immune system, they are not physiologic barriers but rather internal organs in which lymphoid cells proliferate and/or mature.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Client Who Is Hospitalized