The nurse should recommend that persons who have engaged in high-risk behavior be tested for HIV. The responsibilities of persons who are HIV infected include which of the following? Select all that apply
1. Have regular medical evaluations and follow-ups.
2. Do not donate blood, plasma, body organs, or sperm.
3. Inform health care providers about the HIV infection.
4. Consider the risk of perinatal transmission and follow-up with contraceptive use.
ANS: 1, 2, 3, 4
A person who is infected with HIV should have regular medical evaluations and follow-ups, not donate blood, plasma, body organs, or sperm, inform health care providers about the HIV infection, and consider the risk of perinatal transmission and follow-up with contraceptive use.
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