In planning care for a patient who has HIV, which of these therapeutic actions does the nurse recognize is the treatment goal for HIV?
a. Treating opportunistic infections
b. Killing the virus with medication
c. Stimulating the immune system
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.
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