The nurse is participating in the planning of care for a patient who has HIV. Which therapeutic action should the nurse recognize as the treatment goal for HIV?
a. Stimulating the immune system
b. Treating opportunistic infections
c. Killing the virus with medication
d. Keeping the virus from replicating
ANS: D
Keeping the virus from replicating is the treatment goal for HIV to prevent or delay development of opportunistic diseases, as there is no cure for this disease. A. B. Treatment goals do not focus on stimulating the immune system or treating opportunistic infections.
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Which of the following assumptions of the health belief model (HBM) is problematic?
a. People have both free will and access to health resources. b. People listen to the advice given by health care professionals. c. People are influenced by health messages given over media channels. d. People make what they perceive as rational decisions in a given situation.
The nurse understands that when the nursing diagnosis is one that expresses the risk for a problem, a possible problem, or certain actual problems, the ____________________ statement, referred to as a PE statement, is used
Fill in the blank with correct word.
A psychiatric home care nurse's greatest patient care challenge is:
a. effectively assessing the home care needs of the patient. b. documenting care to reflect the skilled service given. c. providing all the attention each patient wants. d. evaluating family situations accurately.
In providing diet education for a patient on a low-fat diet, it is important for the nurse to understand that with few exceptions
a. Saturated fats are found mostly in vegetable sources. b. Saturated fats are found mostly in animal sources. c. Unsaturated fats are found mostly in animal sources. d. Linoleic acid is a saturated fatty acid.