A client with HIV has been prescribed HAART. What is the best description that the nurse can provide to the client regarding the goal of this therapy?
1. Reduce the amount of HIV in the plasma to its lowest possible level.
2. Increase the viral amount in the blood.
3. Decrease adverse effects from HAART therapy.
4. Cure HIV.
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Rationale 1: The goal of HAART is to reduce the amount of HIV in the plasma to its lowest possible level. It must be understood, however, that HIV is harbored in locations other than the blood, such as in lymph nodes; therefore, elimination of the virus from the blood is not a cure.
Rationale 2:Increase the viral amount in the bloodis incorrect because the goal of HAART is to reduce the amount of HIV in the plasma to its lowest possible level.
Rationale 3: HAART therapy has adverse effects that cannot be avoided.
Rationale 4:There is no cure for HIV.
Global Rationale: The goal of HAART is to reduce the amount of HIV in the plasma to its lowest possible level. It must be understood, however, that HIV is harbored in locations other than the blood, such as in lymph nodes; therefore, elimination of the virus from the blood is not a cure.
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