A Nurse Is Working in a Public Health Center

question 9

Multiple Choice

A nurse is working in a public health center. A patient who has been newly diagnosed as HIV positive comes for counseling. By law, which of the following actions must be taken by the nurse?

• A) Give antiviral medications to the patient.
• B) Ask the person to name all his or her sexual contacts.
• C) Refer the patient to the social worker for case management.
• D) Report the HIV-infected person to the state health department.

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Definitions:

Two-physician Certificates

Documents required in some legal or medical processes, confirming a patient's condition or need for a particular treatment, signed by two licensed physicians.

Involuntarily Committed

The process where individuals are placed into a psychiatric facility or treatment program without their consent, typically because they are deemed a danger to themselves or others.

Sexual Predator

A person who seeks to sexually exploit others, often through manipulation or coercion.

Parens Patriae

A legal principle that allows the state to assume a parental role and to act in the best interest of a child or other individual who is unable to protect themselves.