What is a primary reason that the normal immune response fails to contain the HIV infection? 

A dehydrated patient is in the injury stage of the RIFLE staging of AKI. What would the nurse first anticipate in the treatment of this patient? 

During the immediate postoperative care of a recipient of a kidney transplant, what is a priority nursing intervention? 

A patient has been admitted with acute kidney injury. The nurse knows the most important consideration for evaluating the patient’s fluid volume status is what parameter? 

Which drugs will be used to treat the patient with CKD for mineral and bone disorders? (Select all that apply.) 

A patient received a kidney transplant last month.  Because of the effects of immunosuppressive drugs and CKD, what complication of transplantation should the nurse be assessing the patient for to decrease the risk of mortality? 

Which set of characteristics describe Pneumocystis jiroveci infection, an opportunistic disease associated with HIV? 

What finding supports the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the individual with HIV? 

A patient is admitted with prerenal AKI. The physician orders continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). The nurse understands the clinical indication for the selection of this method of hemodialysis is which of the following? 

A patient with diarrhea has been diagnosed with Clostridium difficile.  Along with standard precautions, which kind of transmission-based precautions will be used when the nurse is caring for this patient?