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shenderson6 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse caring for a client diagnosed with disseminated intravascular coagulation would expect which of the following assessment findings in this client?

1. Decreased breath sounds, tachycardia, and confusion
2. Increased blood glucose level
3. Thick tenacious bronchial secretions
4. Limited range of motion of right hip

Question 2

A nurse is working with a number of clients who are among the fastest growing group of persons newly infected with HIV. These clients are most likely:

1. Men who have sex with men and use drugs.
2. Men who have sex with women.
3. Injection drug users.
4. Heterosexual women.

abctaiwan · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1. Decreased breath sounds, tachycardia, and confusion

Rationale:
Clinical manifestations of disseminated intravascular coagulation include decreased breath sounds, tachycardia, and confusion. Increased blood glucose, thick bronchial secretions, and changes in joint range of motion are not associated with this health problem.

Answer to Question 2

4. Heterosexual women.

Rationale:
The fastest growing group of persons newly infected with HIV is heterosexual women. Though injection drug users and men who have sex with men and use drugs are at high risk for HIV, their numbers are not rising as fast as the numbers of heterosexual women. In the absence of other risk factors, men who have sex with women are not at as high a risk of being infected as heteosexual women.