Exam 34: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

When the patient with HIV is diagnosed with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML),the nurse encourages the patient to:

To avoid the exposure to bacillary angiomatosis (BA),the nurse advises the patient with HIV to avoid:

The nursing diagnosis that would take priority in the care of an outpatient with AIDS would be:

The patient with HIV complains to the home health nurse that he has been having watery diarrhea for the last 10 days.Because the nurse suspects toxoplasmosis,a significant question for the nurse to ask would be:

The factors that may explain the increase in HIV infections in persons over the age of 50 years include the fact that older persons:

In assessing a patient with AIDS for risk factors,the nurse recognizes the most risky behavior that the patient reported as:

The nurse cautions a patient with HIV infection who has been prescribed highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)that inconsistent administration of the drug can result in the:

The nurse explains that the initial stage of an HIV infection usually lasts from:

The nurse evaluates that teaching,relative to the progression of HIV infections,has been effective when the patient with HIV in the latent stage says:

The nurse reminds a group of high school students that although homosexual men are stereotyped as victims of HIV,the disease is also observed in: