A nurse is planning care for a child with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Which is the priority nursing diagnosis for this child?
1. Ineffective Peripheral Tissue Perfusion
2. Ineffective Thermoregulation
3. Risk for Fluid Volume Deficit
4. Risk for Infection
4
Explanation:
1. A child with HIV is at risk for a myriad of bacterial, viral, fungal, and opportunistic infections because of the effect of the virus on the immune system. Risk for Ineffective Tissue Perfusion, peripheral, would not be a priority problem with this disease process.
2. A child with HIV is at risk for a myriad of bacterial, viral, fungal, and opportunistic infections because of the effect of the virus on the immune system. Risk for Ineffective Thermoregulation would not be a priority problem with this disease process.
3. A child with HIV is at risk for a myriad of bacterial, viral, fungal, and opportunistic infections because of the effect of the virus on the immune system. Risk for Fluid Volume Deficit would not be a priority problem with this disease process.
4. A child with HIV is at risk for a myriad of bacterial, viral, fungal, and opportunistic infections because of the effect of the virus on the immune system. Risk for Infection is the priority nursing diagnosis.
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