Chapter 85- HIV and AIDS

Textbook of Basic Nursing (Lippincott's Practical Nursing) Tenth Edition by Caroline Bunker Rosdahl, Mary T. Kowalski

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Chapter 85- HIV and AIDS

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

1. When providing client education regarding AIDS, which of the following viruses should the nurse identify as the causative organism for AIDS?
  A) Human papilloma virus
  B) Epstein-Barr virus
  C) Human immunodeficiency virus
  D) Varicella zoster virus

 

 

2. The nurse is teaching a class on HIV/AIDS in a local community setting. Which of the following are accurate descriptions of these conditions that could be included as teaching points?
  A) The terms HIV and AIDS are synonymous.
  B) AIDS is the virus responsible for causing HIV.
  C) HIV is a retrovirus overtaking living cells to duplicate itself.
  D) The only known cure for AIDS is HAART.

 

 

3. The nurse is explaining to a client how HIV is transmitted. Which of the following is a method of contracting the disease? Select all that apply.
  A) Having vaginal sex with an infected person
  B) Shaking hands with an HIV positive person
  C) Sharing infected needles
  D) Breathing air when an infected person sneezes
  E) Being in contact with the feces of an infected person
  F) Cleaning up the vomit of an infected person

 

 

4. The nurse is teaching the student nurse what occurs when human HIV invades a normal human cell. Which of the following events occurs?
  A) The virus uses its own RNA to change the healthy cell’s existing DNA.
  B) The virus’s DNA duplicates and spreads HIV within the body.
  C) The original purpose and function of the normal cell is recreated in the HIV cells.
  D) A reverse transcriptase protein converts the virus’s RNA into DNA.

 

 

5. A nurse working with clients with AIDS in a local clinic experiences a needlestick injury. Which of the following drugs would be prescribed to prevent HIV from entering CD4 cells?
  A) Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)
  B) Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs)
  C) Integrase inhibitors
  D) Protease inhibitors (PIs)

Answer Key

 

1. C
2. C
3. A, C, E, F
4. A
5. C

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