NURS 4312 Chapter 27: Vulnerables ch 27 Matrix
Document Summary
Concern about infectious diseases prompted the development of standards for sexually transmitted diseases (std"s), human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids), hepatitis, and tuberculosis (tb) in healthy people 2020 report. Because these diseases are often acquired through behaviors that can be avoided or changed, nursing actions focus particularly on disease prevention. Prevention can take the for of vaccine administration (as for hepatitis a and hepatitis b), early detection (for tb), or teaching clients about abstinence or safer sex. Individuals who live with these chronic infections can transmit them to others. Hiv/ aids has become one of the world"s greatest public health challenges since 1981. Hiv infection and aids have had a major political, social, and financial impact on society. The economic costs include the costs of the medication, the cost of lost wages, and the disruption that the disease causes to individuals and families. The lifetime costs of hiv care are enormous.
