A Nurse Has Asked the Nurse Educator If There Is

Multiple Choice

A nurse has asked the nurse educator if there is any way to predict the severity of a patients anaphylactic reaction. What would be the nurses best response?

A) The faster the onset of symptoms, the more severe the reaction.
B) The reaction will be about one-third more severe than the patients last reaction to the same antigen.
C) There is no way to gauge the severity of a patients anaphylaxis, even if it has occurred repeatedly in the past.
D) The reaction will generally be slightly less severe than the last reaction to the same antigen.