Author Question: An HIV/AIDS client has come to the clinic for his medications. The nurse knows that which of the ... (Read 27 times)

abarnes · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

An HIV/AIDS client has come to the clinic for his medications. The nurse knows that which of the following classification of medication should be avoided in HIV/AIDS clients?

A) Antivirals
B) Antipsychotics
C) Benzodiazepines
D) Antidepressants

Question 2

A female client contracted AIDS while caring for an infected client in the ER of the local hospital. Which of the following statements suggests that she is in Nichols' second stage of the reaction process?

A) This is unbelievable. I'm too young to die
B) There must be some mistake. The laboratory technician must have tested the wrong blood.
C) Why me? I have a wonderful husband, a new baby, and two other children.
D) I can't put my family through this. I'm better off dead.

lou · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Caution must be exercised when prescribing psychotropic drugs to clients taking protease inhibitors. Antidepressants and antipsychotics are prescribed at 25 of the usual recommended dose. Benzodiazepines should be avoided because they compromise cognitive function.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
Nichols describes a four-stage process of grieving for the client with AIDS. The second stage is denial, in which the person may attempt to ignore the diagnosis of AIDS. Although it may serve a necessary psychic function, this denial can cause the client to engage in behaviors that are both self-destructive and potentially dangerous to others. Some clients begin to plunge into complete isolation, avoiding human contact as much as possible.