A nurse is caring for an infant with an HIV-positive mother. ...

[jeatrice]

A nurse is caring for an infant with an HIV-positive mother. Which statement made by the nursing during teaching is the most appropriate?
 
  A.
  As long as your CD4+ count is fine, you can nurse.
  B.
  Breastfeeding is OK if you both take zidovudine (AZT).
  C.
  The HIV virus is not passed through breast milk.
  D.
  You should bottle feed your baby consistently.

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a 5-year-old child diagnosed with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. When reviewing today's laboratory results, which finding does the nurse correlate with this condition?
 
  A.
  Hemoglobin: 7.3 mg/dL
  B.
  PaO2: 64 mm Hg
  C.
  Platelet count: 6,000
  D.
  White blood cell count: 33,000/mm3

[mmpiza]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Vertical (mother-to-infant) transmission can occur via breast milk, so the mother should be taught to bottle feed her baby. The other statements are inaccurate.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome is characterized by thrombocytopenia, so the low platelet count of 6,000 correlates with this condition. The low hemoglobin could be found if the child has significant bleeding, but is not a specific finding. The low PaO2 is also not directly related, and neither is the high white blood cell count.