Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question

question 47

Multiple Choice

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
Suzanne is a pregnant 25-year-old woman with a known HIV infection. This is her first child. She comes into your community clinic for a 20-week checkup. Her HIV was first diagnosed by a screening tool at a clinic when she was 18 years old, and has remained largely asymptomatic. Per her report, she has been very compliant with her antiretroviral therapies. In fact, the father of her child is not HIV positive. She comes in today with lots of questions and concerns about her unborn child.
-Suzanne wants to know the risk of her child being HIV positive.What is the risk?

• A)The child will be HIV positive because Suzanne is HIV positive,and there is no way to prevent transmission.
• B)Since HIV is passed through the father,the child will be HIV negative.
• C)It is impossible to know if HIV will be passed on to the child,but you can decrease the chances by vigilant antiretroviral therapy.
• D)Fetal immunity will ward off HIV during pregnancy,but the child should not breast-feed.

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