Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question

question 62

Multiple Choice

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
DJ is a 37-year-old male who has come into your city clinic. He seems to be healthy, but has come in for a hepatitis, HIV, and STD screen. After his test results come back, you discover that he is positive for hepatitis B.
-DJ informs you he heard there is no treatment for hepatitis infections,and wants to know what the rest of his life is going to look like.What is the best response?

• A)"This is going to be a long and difficult road.What kind of support structure do you have in place to help you through this?"
• B)"There actually are many treatment modalities in place.You should talk to our doctors right away about starting a treatment."
• C)"Right now,the only treatable hepatitis is hepatitis C,but new modes of treatment are being developed and studied every day."
• D)"Hepatitis can be well controlled with lifestyle change.If we can figure out how you contracted the disease,we can figure out how to cure it."

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