C217 Practice Test And Rationale Questions And Answers With Verified Exams The school nurse is conducting puberty classes for sixth-grade girls. She explains t

The school nurse is conducting puberty classes for sixth-grade girls. She explains that females have ________ chromosome pairing and males have ________ chromosome pairing. a. XX/XY b. XY/XX c. YY/XX d. XX/YY Correct Answera (Each ovum has an X chromosome. The fertilizing sperm contains either an X or a Y chromosome. An XX pairing results in a female, and an XY pairing results in a male.) During intake, the nurse screens for abuse. Who is most likely to abuse the elderly? a. their children b. their spouses c. their health-care workers d. their neighbors Correct Answerb (Nurses recognize the importance of screening for abuse for all ages of clients. Abuse is primarily committed by family members. Elder abuse is most likely to be carried out by spouses.) Michelle and Brian are concerned because hemophilia runs in Michelle's family. The ultrasound suggests that their fetus is female. How can the nurse educate the couple about the association between sex and sex-linked traits? Children who are most likely to inherit hemophilia are a. females b. males c. both females and males equally d. males who are carriers but do not have the disorder Correct Answerb (Hemophilia is a recessive trait linked to the X chromosome. Males are more likely to inherit the disorder because the Y chromosome does not have a dominant normal gene to counteract the hemophilia gene on the X chromosome. Females are carriers of the trait.) Turner syndrome occurs in females who have a missing or damaged X chromosome. Select all the symptoms that apply: (comma no space between answers) a. ___ webbed neck b. ___ tall stature c. ___ underdeveloped genitals and secondary sexual features d. ___ mental retardation e. ___ visual-spatial deficits Correct Answera, c, e A client wants to have a baby and states that as soon as she finds out she is pregnant she will stop drinking completely. The nurse informs her that a. most developmental problems do not occur until after a baby is born. b. moderate drinking of alcohol during pregnancy does not affect the fetus. c. even moderate use of alcohol will decrease her chance of becoming pregnant. d. many developmental problems can occur even before a woman knows she is pregnant. Correct Answerd (Even moderate drinking during pregnancy can result in fetal alcohol effects. Damage may occur before pregnancy can be detected.