The nurse is teaching a class on HIV/AIDS in a local community ...

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The nurse is teaching a class on HIV/AIDS in a local community setting. Which of the following are accurate descriptions of these conditions that could be included as teaching points?
 
  A) The terms HIV and AIDS are synonymous.
  B) AIDS is the virus responsible for causing HIV.
  C) HIV is a retrovirus overtaking living cells to duplicate itself.
  D) The only known cure for AIDS is HAART.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a 67-year-old male client who is diagnosed with fluid volume excess. Which of the following is a common cause of this condition?
 
  A) Too-slow administration of IV fluids containing sodium
  B) Increased urine output as occurs with kidney disorders
  C) Excess ingestion of sodium from table salt or medications containing sodium
  D) Inability of the body to conserve and reuse water by concentrating urine

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Answer to Question 1

C
Feedback:
HIV is a retrovirus, a virus that overtakes the biosynthesis of living cells to duplicate itself. HIV invades a normal cell and uses that cell's biomechanisms to reproduce new HIV cells. The terms HIV and AIDS are not synonymous. HIV is the virus responsible for causing AIDS, but the person who is HIV positive does not automatically have AIDS. HIV is not curable, it is only treatable.

Answer to Question 2

C
Feedback:
Causes of fluid volume excess include excess ingestion of sodium from overuse of table salt or medications that contain large amounts of sodium, too-rapid administration of IV fluids containing sodium, and decreased urine output as occurs with kidney disorders. Fluid volume deficit is caused by the inability of the body to conserve and reuse water by concentrating the urine.