CD4 counts decline as AIDS progresses
A) True
B) False
B
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1. Extended family involvement. 2. Inequalities of power. 3. Disparity in income. 4. Coming out.
The nurse participating in a screening program for persons at risk for diabetes should have a high index of suspicion for a(n)
a. 44-year-old man who is 6 feet tall and weighs 190 pounds. b. adolescent whose mother has type 2 diabetes. c. young man complaining of weight loss and joint pain. d. young woman who has had two babies weighing 7 pounds each.
Some of the embryo's intestines remain within the umbilical cord during the embryonic period because the:
a. intestines need this time to grow until week 15. b. nutrient content of the blood is higher in this location. c. abdomen is too small to contain all the organs while they are developing. d. umbilical cord is much larger at this time than it will be at the end of pregnancy.
A diagnosis of rheumatic fever is being ruled out for a child. The nurse teaches the parents that the lab test to check for a recent streptococcal infection is
1. throat culture. 2. antistreptolysin-O (ASLO) titer. 3. erythrocyte sedimentation rate. 4. C-reactive protein.