The nurse educates clients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) about the nature of viruses. The nurse evaluates that learning has occurred when the clients make which responses?
1. "Viruses are nonliving particles."
2. "The structure of viruses is complex."
3. "Viruses can infect plants as well as animals."
4. "A virion is a mature virus."
5. "Viruses are intracellular parasites."
1,3,4,5
Rationale 1: Viruses are nonliving agents that infect bacteria, plants, and animals.
Rationale 2: The structure of viruses is quite primitive compared to the simplest cell.
Rationale 3: Viruses can infect plants as well as animals.
Rationale 4: A mature infective particle is called a virion.
Rationale 5: Viruses must use intracellular machinery to replicate, so they are called intracellular parasites.
Global Rationale: Viruses are nonliving agents that infect bacteria, plants, and animals. Viruses can infect plants as well as animals. A mature infective particle is called a virion. Viruses must use intracellular machinery to replicate, so they are called intracellular parasites. The structure of viruses is quite primitive compared to the simplest cell.
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