NUR 606 Midterm Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
HIV is transmitted through what? - answer✔✔direct contact with body fluids or blood
An infection that can occur during HIV stage - answer✔✔Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Acute retroviral symptoms - answer✔✔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? - answer✔✔CD4+ <350
Normal CD4+ count - answer✔✔500-1500
CD4+ count in HIV - answer✔✔<500
CD4+ count in AIDS - answer✔✔<200
AIDS symptoms - answer✔✔lymphadenopathy
diarrhea
weight loss
fever
cough, SOB
Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS - answer✔✔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? - answer✔✔the body's normal defense becomes self-
destructive by failing to identify self-antigens with the host from nonself foreign antigens
Food high in vitamin C - answer✔✔cauliflower
tomatoes
apples
oranges
Ferritin and TIBC in iron deficiency anemia - answer✔✔-decreased ferritin and iron levels (if
iron is low, there is nothing for it to bind to resulting in low ferritin levels)
-increased TIBC (or transferrin) so that more iron can be delivered since there is not much to
bind to
What does TIBC do? - answer✔✔transports iron in blood
What does ferritin do? - answer✔✔binds to iron
Most common cause of Iron deficiency anemia - answer✔✔GI tract blood loss
Thalassemia - answer✔✔blood disorder that causes less hemoglobin
it is inherited
Normocytic anemias - answer✔✔bleeding, nutritional anemia
anemia of renal insufficiency, hemolysis
anemia of chronic disease, a primary bone marrow disorder
Macrocytic anemias - answer✔✔megaloblastic anemia (vitamin B12 and folic acid deficiency)
pernicious anemia
drug induced
nutritional
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