The nurse is evaluating the patient's understanding of his new diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.Which statement reflects an understanding of the disease process?

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When a patient has an autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis,the body produces an immune response to a "self" cell or tissue.Lacking an appropriate response is characteristic of an immune deficiency.Immediate production of a protein (an antibody)to an antigen is a normal humoral immune response.The statement involving the delayed response of lymphocytes is referred to a cell-mediated response.

The Nurse Is Evaluating the Patient's Understanding of His New