The nurse is visiting a client with AIDS in the home setting. The ...

[silviawilliams41]

The nurse is visiting a client with AIDS in the home setting. The nurse plans to provide instruction to the family after noticing that:
 
  1. the family washes the clients clothes in a 10 bleach solution.
  2. the family washes all dinner dishes in hot, soapy water.
  3. the family wears gloves when cleaning the bathroom.
  4. the client is caring for the family cat.

Question 2

The nurse is conducting a health program at the local high school on the prevention of the transmission of HIV. The nurse concludes that the students have met the learning goals when one student states:
 
  1. I will be safe if I always have sex with the same partner.
  2. I am protected because I take oral contraceptives.
  3. I should not reuse a condom.
  4. I should never use a latex condom.

[tofugiraffe]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 4

1. The nurse should teach the family to wash the client's clothes separately in a 10 bleach solution.
2. The client's dishes need not be kept separate as long as hot, soapy water is used to wash the dishes.
3. The family should be instructed to wear gloves when cleaning.
4. Cats and birds can carry toxoplasmosis and other diseases that do not affect those with a normal immune system but can cause illness in the HIV/AIDS client. Families should be encouraged not to have these animals in the home, if possible.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 3

1. It is not necessarily safe to be with only one partner unless there is certainty that both are uninfected and that the relationship is totally monogamous.
2. Oral contraceptives do not give protection against HIV but against pregnancy.
3. Students should be taught to never reuse a condom because a used condom might be damaged.
4. Latex is the preferred material for condoms.

[silviawilliams41]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[kjohnson]

Gracias!