A nurse is caring for a client hospitalized with acquired deficiency syndrome (AIDS). A friend comes to visit the client and privately asks the nurse about the risk of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when visiting the patient. What is the nurse’s best response?

The nurse is caring for an older adult client. Expected physiologic changes to superficial sensory nerves with aging would prompt the nurse to use which modality with caution? 

The nurse identifies what most frequent symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) that prompts a patient to seek care? 

The nurse is working with a patient with a new diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. What point of education is appropriate for this patient? 

A nurse who provides care in a community clinic assesses a wide range of individuals. The nurse should identify which client as having the highest risk for chronic pancreatitis?

A pregnant female has tested positive for HIV and asks the nurse if her baby will develop HIV. What is the nurse’s best response?

The nurse is examining immune cells under a microscope. When clumping of antigens and antibodies is occuring, what would the nurse document?

Which therapeutic communication exchange is an example of ‘reflection’. The client states, “Do you really think I need to take this medication?” Using the technique of ‘reflection’, choose the nurse’s response:

Which focus is one of the possible sources of boundary violations?

A nurse recognizes that a comment he just made to a client was insensitive.  Select the nurse’s most therapeutic statement in this situation.