Multiple Choice
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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