NURS 6501 Advanced Pathophysiology Exam 1 Walden University

An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide? - Expressivity A child is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. History reveals that the child's parents are siblings. Cystic fibrosis was most likely the result of - Consanguinity A female patient born with short stature, webbing of the neck, sparse body hair, and narrowing of the aorta is likely exhibiting symptomology of - Turner Syndrome An infant develops a fever secondary to a bacterial infection. Which of the following most likely triggered the fever? - interleukin 1 When the nurse is teaching the staff about X linked recessive disorders, which information should the nurse include (select all that apply) - -The trait is never transmitted from father to son -The gene is passed from an affected father to all his daughters -The gene can be transmitted through a series of carrier females A nurse is reviewing a pedigree chart. When checking for a proband, what is the nurse looking for? - The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic disease A 5 year old male presents with mental retardation and is diagnosed with fragile X syndrome. When the parents ask what caused this, how should the geneticist respond? This was most probably caused from - Duplication at fragile sites