Nursing Process
What type of disease is HIV?
What is retroviral disease.
These drugs work by interfering with the virus's ability to reproduce in a cell?
What are antiviral drugs.
This causes Herpes zoster (shingles).
What is varicella (chickenpox)
These type of drug are used primarily to reduce viral load in patients with HIV and HBV.
What are antiretroviral drugs?
Before administering the antiviral drug,determine the patients general state of health and resistance to infection
What is Preadministration Assessment.
Antiviral drugs attempt to do what to the protein of a virus?
What is disable.
This is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI)?
What is HPV.
This antiretroviral drug is the only one approved for use for the prevention of HIV?
What is Truvada.
Related to patients mental status, peripheral nephropathy and generalized weakness?
What is risk for injury.
This antiviral drug is used in the treatment of HSV, herpes zoster, varicella zoster?
What is Zovirax. Also accepted would be acyclovir.
This is an inflammation of the liver.
What is Hepatitis.
What is it called when using multiple antiretroviral drugs in therapy?
What is highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
This is smaller than a bacterium?
What is a virus.
What antiviral shouldn't be given to patients who have renal impairment or in combination with medications that are nephrotoxic, such as aminoglycosides.
What is Cidofovir ( Vistide).
This is the most frequent mode of transmitting Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C virus?
What is sexual contact.
*Daily Double*
happens when the metabolic needs of patients are not being met due to anorexia, nausea, vomiting
What is risk for imbalanced nutrition
When left untreated this viral infection can progress to acquired immunodeficency syndrome (AIDS)?
What is HIV.
Most antivirals should be used during pregnancy and lactation only when
what is only when the benefit out weighs the risk to fetus or the child
Most people recover from this viral infection within 1-2 weeks?
What is Influenza (Flu).
complications such GI upset, headache, fever, chills, rash from medication administration
what are adverse reactions