A nurse teaching a health education class at the local junior high school explains that other than direct sexual contact, the routes of transmission for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) include:
1. use of unsanitary lavatories.
2. shared hairbrushes.
3. infected mothers, who can infect their unborn children.
4. hemophiliacs, who can be infected through a transfusion.
3
HIV can be transmitted from mother to child before birth and through breast milk.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 1115
OBJ: 5 TOP: HIV KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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The functional health patterns provide the nurse with a(an)
A) Framework for collecting assessment data B) Method for evaluation of diagnostic testing C) Preparation of diagnostic statements D) System for documenting patient care
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1. Hypothermia 2. Bradycardia 3. Weight gain 4. Hypertension