A Nurse Is Examining a Child in the Early Stages

question 23

Multiple Choice

A nurse is examining a child in the early stages of HIV infection. Which of the following would the nurse expect to find?

• A) Failure to thrive and developmental delays
• B) Kaposi's sarcoma and developmental delays
• C) Toxoplasmosis and oral candidiasis
• D) Fatigue and shortness of breath

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Definitions:

Deviations

Departures from the norm or expected patterns which can refer to abnormalities or variations in statistics, behaviors, or conditions.

Embryo

An early stage of development in multicellular organisms after fertilization and before becoming a fetus, marked by rapid cell division and differentiation.

Zygote

The initial cell formed when two gamete cells are joined by means of sexual reproduction, representing the earliest developmental stage of the embryo.

Teratogens

Any agent that can cause developmental malformations (birth defects) in an embryo or fetus.