A 22-year-old patient is HIV-positive. She is 8 months pregnant and did not receive antiretroviral therapy during her pregnancy
The nurse explains to the women that the best way to reduce the risk of transmitting the HIV virus to her baby is by receiving
A) intravenous zidovudine during delivery.
B) zidovudine in the last 4 weeks of pregnancy.
C) intravenous zidovudine during labor.
D) zidovudine 1 week before the baby is born.
C
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1. Monitoring urine output. 2. Maintaining skin integrity. 3. Keeping the affected arm immobile and flat. 4. Increasing dietary sodium.
The most common infection in children is:
A) respiratory. B) gastrointestinal. C) neurologic. D) urinary.
While assessing a patient from the Jewish heritage, the nurse learns that the patient believes that an ILLNESS is being caused by another soul. With what is this HEALTH belief concerned?
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