The nursing diagnosis that would take priority in the care of an outpatient with AIDS would be:
1. Ineffective Therapeutic Regimen Management.
2. Impaired Physical Mobility.
3. Impaired Skin Integrity.
4. Social Isolation.
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Failure to take HIV drugs as scheduled can encourage resistant strains of HIV.
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A patient with a pleural friction rub has presented to the emergency room. Upon initial assessment, the nurse is aware that a pleural friction rub is best heard:
A) Over the lower lateral anterior surface of the thorax B) Over the upper medial posterior surface of the thorax C) Over the trachea D) Over the mediastinum
The mechanism responsible for the rejection of transplanted tissue and the destruction of single malignant cells is known as immunosurveillance. The nurse understands that this is a function of:
a. helper T lymphocytes. b. suppressor T lymphocytes. c. T4 lymphocytes. d. killer T lymphocytes.
Which of these terms describes any abnormal growth of new tissue?
a. a malignancy c. a vesicant b. a neoplasm d. leukemia
Order: Heparin sodium 670 units IV q.12h. The label on the vial reads "1,000 units/mL." How many milliliters will you administer?
1. 1.5 mL 2. 0.67 mL 3. 0.067 4. 0.15