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The clinic nurse is caring for a patient who has a longstanding diagnosis of HIV. The nurse has assessed that the patient is experiencing a progressive decline in cognitive, behavioral, and motor functions.
 
  The nurse recognizes that these symptoms are most likely related to the onset of what?
  A) HIV encephalopathy
  B) B-cell lymphoma
  C) Kaposi's syndrome
  D) Wasting syndrome

Question 2

A patient with megaloblastic anemia is being treated in an inpatient setting and has daily blood work ordered. This morning's blood work has become available, and the patient's hemoglobin and hematocrit are continuing to trend downward.
 
  The nurse has contacted the patient's health care provider to determine whether the health care provider wants to order a transfusion of packed red blood cells (PRBCs). When considering the efficacy of this treatment the nurse should understand that:
  A) A transfusion of PRBCs may have the potential to create fluid volume overload and pulmonary edema.
  B) The patient's body is likely to destroy the transfused red cells soon after they are transfused.
  C) The patient is deficient in oxygen-carrying capacity more than in the absolute number of RBCs.
  D) The patient will require multiple transfusions over several days to achieve an increase in Hgb and Hct.



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kaykay69

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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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tatyanajohnson

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
:D TYSM


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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