Author Question: A nurse is required to care for a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive client. What nursing ... (Read 166 times)

AEWBW · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

A nurse is required to care for a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive client.
What nursing care measure should be employed when caring for the client?

A) Take suitable precautions to protect the client from nosocomial infections
B) Discuss the client's health condition with the client's relatives
C) Put the client's infectious wastes in a closed bag and dispose of in sanitary landfill
D) Break the needles off the syringes manually before disposing of them

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a female client with anorexia nervosa. What would the nurse observe during the nursing assessment of the client?

A) Menorrhagia
B) Rapid pulse
C) Alopecia
D) Hypertension

bookworm410 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 16, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C
Feedback:
The nurse would observe alopecia in clients with anorexia nervosa. Such clients may be amenorrheic rather than menorrhagic. They have a slow pulse and hypotension and not a rapid pulse and hypertension.