A Nurse Is Caring for a Client with AIDS

question 10

Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for a client with AIDS. During assessment, the nurse reviews the client's chart and determines the client is likely experiencing undernutrition, malabsorption, lean and fat body-mass loss, fever, and weight loss without a well-defined cause. The nurse suspects the client has which condition?

• A)Wasting
• B)Lipodystrophy
• C)Ketosis
• D)Hyperemesis

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Definitions:

Mode

The value that occurs most frequently in a given data set.

Lopsided

Uneven or unbalanced, often referring to situations or structures that are disproportionately weighted to one side.

Scores

Quantitative measures or qualitative assessments used to represent an individual's performance, achievement, or capability in a specific domain.

Extreme

A condition, situation, or attribute that is far beyond the norm or average, often used in psychological studies to describe outlier behaviors or conditions.