Health Alt part 1
A nurse teaches a client with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection about the prevention of fatigue. Which statement by the client indicates effective learning?
"I'll eat easy-to-fix snack foods."
A nurse is counseling a client who has gonorrhea. What additional fact about gonorrhea, besides the fact that it is highly infectious, should the nurse review with this client?
It can produce sterility.
During a vaccination drive at a well-child clinic, a nurse notes that a recently hired nurse is not wearing gloves while vaccinating an infant. What should the nurse advise the newly hired nurse to do?
Put on gloves because standard precautions are required
A nurse is assessing clients who are to be given the smallpox vaccination. Which client should the nurse remove from the immunization line for medical counseling?
45-year-old woman with breast cancer
A client with tuberculosis asks the nurse how long chemotherapy will be continued. What is the nurse's most accurate reply?
6 to 12 months
A woman and her children, who have not received immunizations for childhood diseases, immigrate to the United States. Before being immunized, one of the school-aged children contracts varicella (chickenpox). What does the nurse teach the mother about varicella?
Communicable until all vesicles are dry
A client developed acute herpes zoster and was treated with antiviral medication within 72 hours of the appearance of the rash. The client is reporting persistent pain one week later. What does the nurse identify as the cause of the post therapeutic neuralgia?
Damage to the nerves
A nurse is caring for a client with a diagnosis of acute salpingitis. Which condition most commonly causing inflammation of the fallopian tubes should the nurse include when planning a teaching program for this client?
Gonorrhea
What is the incubation period for an infectious disease?
The interval between entrance of pathogen into body and appearance of first symptoms
Which organism would the nurse explain is consistent with a protozoal infection in clients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)?
Toxoplasmosis
The nurse is advising a client with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) to avoid the consumption of undercooked meat. Which infection can be prevented in the client by following this measure?
Toxoplasmosis encephalitis
A client cannot understand how syphilis was contracted because there has been no sexual activity for several days. Which length of time associated with the incubation of syphilis should the nurse include in the teaching plan?
Two to six weeks
