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This document contains questions about HIV, including its diagnosis, treatment, impact on different demographics (e.g., children, adults, pregnant women, adolescents), modes of transmission, and nursing diagnoses..
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**[HIV Questions]** 1\. How is HIV diagnosed in newborns and why is testing for antibodies unreliable? 2\. What are some differences seen in HIV between children and adults? 3\. How do they base drug doses of HAART in infants and children and when do you start combined therapy (HAART) in the newb...
**[HIV Questions]** 1\. How is HIV diagnosed in newborns and why is testing for antibodies unreliable? 2\. What are some differences seen in HIV between children and adults? 3\. How do they base drug doses of HAART in infants and children and when do you start combined therapy (HAART) in the newborn? 4\. What is HAART and what is the ratio of the medications? 5\. What are the 4 classifications of clinical and immunological status and which classification is AIDS defining? 6\. What are the guidelines for pregnant women who are HIV + regarding delivery and breastfeeding? 7\. Name the two modes of transmission for HIV, which has decreased in the US and why? 8\. You are the health care provider for an adolescent who shares with you she had unprotected sex, did a home test for HIV and it was negative. Is that enough to confirm she is negative and if not when and how often should she get tested after the home test to confirm she is negative? 9\. List 4 nursing diagnosis for a child who is HIV+?
