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:
1. "I had better get my affairs in order. I don't have a lot of time left."
2. "Whew! I thought when I got AIDS that I was a ‘goner'."
3. "Now I won't have to take all those expensive drugs that I have been using."
4. "I can still enjoy life and live pretty much as I want for the next several years."
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The latent stage may last as long as 12 years without developing into AIDS. Medications will be continued.
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