A nurse is providing care to a client receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The nurse would expect the client to receive which of the following antiretroviral agents? Select all that apply
A) Protease inhibitors
B) Reverse transcriptase inhibitors
C) Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
D) Entry inhibitors
E) Integrase inhibitors
Ans: A, B, C
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HAART includes three categories of antiretroviral drugs: protease inhibitors, reverse transcriptase inhibitors, and nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
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