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The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency

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The nurse is caring for a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who is in antiretroviral therapy.The patient reports nausea,fever,severe diarrhea,and anorexia.Which prescribed medication does the nurse anticipate in order to relieve the anorexia and to stimulate the patient's appetite?


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Australopithecus Afarensis

An early hominin species known for the famous "Lucy" fossil, living approximately 3.9 to 2.9 million years ago.

Paleoanthropological Evidence

Fossils and other physical remnants of early humans and their ancestors, used to study human evolution.

Facultative Bipedalism

The ability to walk on two legs (bipedally) when necessary or advantageous, but not as the primary mode of locomotion.

Sexual Dimorphism

The condition where two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.

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