A client tells the nurse that she has kicked her husband of 20 years out of the house because he "kept having affairs with other women and seeing prostitutes." The nurse suggests that she considers HIV testing because she knows that
A) it is estimated that there are more than 100,000 people in the United States who are HIV-positive but do not know they are infected.
B) about half of all new HIV infections in the United States are among individuals over 25 years of age.
C) married women are a high risk group for sexually transmitted diseases.
D) the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases are found in the white population.
B
You might also like to view...
Why is shared governance important?
A. Regulates licensing of registered nurses and practical nurses B. Provides staff nurses with a voice in setting standards and policies C. Provides staff nurses with representation in the political arena D. Provides oversight and treatment of impaired nurses
The nurse reads in a chart that a patient has a paronychia. What assessment technique is most appropriate?
a. Auscultate the patient's bowel sounds. b. Test the cranial nerves for sensory function. c. Inspect the patient's nails and surrounding skin. d. Inspect the skin using the ABCDE mnemonic.
A patient has been diagnosed as having blindness related to conversion disorder. She displays indifference regarding the conversion symptom. The nurse states, "I can't understand why the patient doesn't seem more anxious about her symptom."
Which explanation from the Clinical Nurse Specialist would enable the nurse to understand the patient's behavior? a. The patient is suppressing her true feelings. She is upset but is not showing it. b. The blindness is actually helping the patient by reducing her anxiety. c. Her needs are met during hospitalization, so she has no need to be anxious. d. She is controlling her own anxiety through partial denial of the blindness.
The nurse is using the eight stages of life theory to help an older adult patient assess the developmental stage of personal ego differentiation. The nurse does this by assisting the patient to
a. determine feelings regarding the effects of aging on the physical being. b. describe feelings regarding what he or she expects the future to hold. c. identify aspects of work, recreation, and family life that provide a sense of self-worth and pleasure. d. elaborate on feelings about the prospect of his or her personal death.