HIN 269 27 Flashcards
Nurses in community health conducting health education classes for populations vulnerable to HIV/AIDS should explain the natural history of the progression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Of particular importance is the fact that the disease may go undetected during the primary infection phase because
antibody tests are typically negative
During the last stage of AIDS, many opportunistic infections proliferate in persons with weakened immune systems. HIV-infected individuals who live near one another in long-term care facilities, drug treatment facilities, and prisons should be carefully screened before admission because they are at greater risk for acquiring
pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)
The nurse in community health is aware that HIV-infected children should attend school, because the benefit of attendance far outweighs the risk of transmitting or acquiring infections. School attendance should be reconsidered when there is evidence of
cases of measles
A young female client visits a local clinic, seeking treatment for a urinary tract infection (UTI). During the assessment, the nurse conducts an extensive sexual history/activity screening to determine the risk for a sexually transmitted disease and potential complication of
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
A client presents at the local clinic with acute symptoms of fever, nausea, lack of appetite, malaise, and abdominal discomfort. During the course of the assessment, the nurse determines that the client is a health care aide working at a day care center. These facts are important because
hepatitis A outbreaks are common in facilities where staff change diapers
The primary prevention of hepatitis C virus (HCV) includes
screening of blood products
A strategy that may improve compliance with tuberculosis (TB) treatment is the
expansion of directly observed therapy
Many behaviors place individuals of all ages, genders, ethnicities, or any other factors at greater risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The nurse should include primary prevention interventions in all client encounters through the discussion of
safer sex
A population-level tertiary prevention intervention typically performed by nurses and aimed at controlling communicable diseases is
standard precautions teaching
A client diagnosed with human papillomavirus (HPV) states to the nurse, “I’m not concerned; I know the lesions disappear after a while.” The nurse should counsel the client on which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
- The link between HPV and cervical cancer
- The need to surgically remove tumors, if present
- The lack of a cure
