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natalie2426 · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The nurse is presenting information to a community group on safer sex practices. The nurse should teach that which sexual practice is the riskiest?

a. Anal intercourse
b. Masturbation
c. Oral sex
d. Vaginal intercourse

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with human immune deficiency virus. The client's CD4+ cell count is 399/mm3. What action by the nurse is best?

a. Counsel the client on safer sex practices/abstinence.
b. Encourage the client to abstain from alcohol.
c. Facilitate genetic testing for CD4+ CCR5/CXCR4 co-receptors.
d. Help the client plan high-protein/iron meals.

firehawk60 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Anal intercourse is the riskiest sexual practice because the fragile anal tissue can tear, creating a portal of entry for human immune deficiency virus.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
This client is in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stage 2 case definition group. He or she remains highly infectious and should be counseled on either safer sex practices or abstinence. Abstaining from alcohol is healthy but not required. Genetic testing is not commonly done, but an alteration on the CCR5/CXCR4 co-receptors is seen in long-term nonprogressors. High-protein/iron meals are important for people who are immunosuppressed, but helping to plan them does not take priority over stopping the spread of the disease.