When monitoring a patient who has AIDS, which of these manifestations would the nurse expect to identify?
a. Chest pain
b. Hypertension
c. Pustular skin lesions
d. Diarrhea
ANS: D
Many factors interfere with nutrition in HIV/AIDS (anorexia, oral lesions, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, or wasting syndrome).
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