While teaching community groups about AIDS, what should the nurse ...

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While teaching community groups about AIDS, what should the nurse indicate as the most common method of transmission of the HIV virus?
 
  a. Sexual contact with an HIV-infected partner
  b. Perinatal transmission
  c. Exposure to contaminated blood
  d. Nonsexual exposure to saliva and tears

Question 2

The HIV patient asks the nurse about what to expect in terms of disease progression. The nurse tells this patient that although the disease can vary greatly among individuals, the usual pattern of progression includes:
 
  a. viremia, clinical latency, opportunistic diseases, and death.
  b. asymptomatic phase, clinical latency, ARC, and AIDS.
  c. acute retroviral syndrome, early infection, early symptomatic disease, and AIDS.
  d. transitional viral syndrome, inactive disease, early symptomatic infection, and opportunistic diseases.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Modes of transmission have remained constant throughout the course of the HIV pandemic. It is also important for health care providers to remember that transmission of HIV occurs through sexual practices, not sexual preferences. Worldwide, sexual intercourse is by far the most common mode of HIV transmission.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The progression from HIV to AIDS includes initial exposure, primary HIV infection, asymptomatic HIV infection, early HIV disease, and AIDS.