NUR 606 Midterm Questions
And Answers
HIV is transmitted through what?
✓~ direct contact with body fluids or blood
An infection that can occur during HIV stage
✓~ Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Acute retroviral symptoms
✓~ flu-like symptoms
decreased CD4+
high viral load >1 million
high transmission potential
shallow, demarcated ulcers on mouth, anus, penis, and rectum
When is it recommended to start HAART therapy?
, ✓~ CD4+ <350
Normal CD4+ count
✓~ 500-1500
CD4+ count in HIV
✓~ <500
CD4+ count in AIDS
✓~ <200
AIDS symptoms
✓~ lymphadenopathy
diarrhea
weight loss
fever
cough, SOB
,Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS
✓~ p24 testing- can be positive within 6 weeks after infection
If p24 is positive, then HIV-1/HIV-2 antibody differentiation immunoassay
should be done to confirm
What causes an autoimmune disorder?
✓~ the body's normal defense becomes self-destructive by failing to identify self-
antigens with the host from nonself foreign antigens
microcytic anemia
✓~ MCV <80
normal amount of RBC, but they are smaller than usual due to decreased hgb
normocytic anemia
✓~ MCV 80-95
normal sized RBC, just a decreased number of them
macrocytic anemia
, ✓~ MCV >100
normal amount of RBC, they are larger than usual due to increased hgb
what kind of anemia is iron deficiency anemia
✓~ microcytic
iron deficiency anemia
✓~ the supply of iron needed to produce hgb is inadequate
S/S of iron deficiency anemia
✓~ decreased H/H
gradual fatigue
increasing SOB
causes of iron deficiency anemia
✓~ NSAIDS
colon cancer
strict vegan
And Answers
HIV is transmitted through what?
✓~ direct contact with body fluids or blood
An infection that can occur during HIV stage
✓~ Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Acute retroviral symptoms
✓~ flu-like symptoms
decreased CD4+
high viral load >1 million
high transmission potential
shallow, demarcated ulcers on mouth, anus, penis, and rectum
When is it recommended to start HAART therapy?
, ✓~ CD4+ <350
Normal CD4+ count
✓~ 500-1500
CD4+ count in HIV
✓~ <500
CD4+ count in AIDS
✓~ <200
AIDS symptoms
✓~ lymphadenopathy
diarrhea
weight loss
fever
cough, SOB
,Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS
✓~ p24 testing- can be positive within 6 weeks after infection
If p24 is positive, then HIV-1/HIV-2 antibody differentiation immunoassay
should be done to confirm
What causes an autoimmune disorder?
✓~ the body's normal defense becomes self-destructive by failing to identify self-
antigens with the host from nonself foreign antigens
microcytic anemia
✓~ MCV <80
normal amount of RBC, but they are smaller than usual due to decreased hgb
normocytic anemia
✓~ MCV 80-95
normal sized RBC, just a decreased number of them
macrocytic anemia
, ✓~ MCV >100
normal amount of RBC, they are larger than usual due to increased hgb
what kind of anemia is iron deficiency anemia
✓~ microcytic
iron deficiency anemia
✓~ the supply of iron needed to produce hgb is inadequate
S/S of iron deficiency anemia
✓~ decreased H/H
gradual fatigue
increasing SOB
causes of iron deficiency anemia
✓~ NSAIDS
colon cancer
strict vegan
