A patient who has HIV is admitted to the hospital with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) and a CD4 count of less than 200 cells. Based on diagnostic criteria established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the patient is diagnosed as having

A client receiving chemotherapy as treatment for leukemia has a white blood cell (WBC) count of 2,900/mm3. The nurse should teach the client to avoid contact with which of the following family members?

Interventions such as promotion of nutrition, exercise, and stress reduction should be promoted by the nurse for patients who have HIV infection, primarily because these interventions will

In staging and grading a neoplasm the TNM system is used. TNM stands for:

Which nursing action will be most effective in improving oral intake for a patient with the diagnosis of Imbalanced nutrition less than body requirements related to painful oral ulcers?

To evaluate the effectiveness of ART, the nurse will schedule the patient for

The nurse is counseling a group of college students about healthy lifestyle choices to reduce the risk of cancer. The students demonstrate understanding of instruction related to nutritional practices when they identify that eating which of the following foods may reduce the risk of cancer?

This immunoglobulin takes part in allergic and hypersensitive reactions.

A patient who seeks health care for vague symptoms of fatigue and headaches has HIV testing and is found to have a positive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA or EIA) for HIV antibodies. In post-test discussion of results with the patient, the nurse informs the patient that

What instruction will be included when teaching a patient in the Allergy Clinic about the possible Type I allergies with intradermal skin testing?