A Patient with HIV Infection Asks the Nurse,"What Do They

question 8

Multiple Choice

A patient with HIV infection asks the nurse,"What do they mean by opportunistic infections?" The nurse's best response would be,"They are:

• A) Infections transmitted by sexual contact."
• B) Rare illnesses that occur only in homosexual men."
• C) Infectious diseases from tropical or subtropical countries."
• D) Infections that develop when the immune system is suppressed."

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Definitions:

Chance Variations

Random fluctuations in data or phenomena that are not attributable to any specific, identifiable cause.

Representative Sample

A sample that closely matches the characteristics of its parent population across key variables and attributes.

Biased Sample

A sample that does not accurately represent the population from which it was drawn, often leading to skewed results.

Population

A group of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area.