When Teaching a Patient with HIV Infection About ART, the Nurse

question 19

Multiple Choice

When teaching a patient with HIV infection about ART, the nurse explains that these drugs

• A) work in various ways to decrease viral replication in the blood.
• B) boost the ability of the immune system to destroy the virus.
• C) destroy intracellular virus as well as lowering the viral load.
• D) increase the number of CD4+ cells available to fight the HIV.

Identify the emotional aspects of caregiving and its impact on care receivers.

Explore applications of Swanson's Theory of Caring across different patient populations.

Understand the application of Swanson's Theory of Caring in organizational practice models.

Describe enabling as a process of care within Swanson's Theory of Caring.

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Definitions:

Setup Costs

The expenses involved in configuring a production process or equipment before manufacturing a new batch or type of product.

Variable Costs

Expenses that change in proportion to the level of production or business activity, such as raw materials, labor, and energy costs.

EMV

Expected Monetary Value; a decision rule used in decision analysis where you multiply the value of each possible outcome by its probability of occurrence, summing all these products to get an overall measure.