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Achondroplasia - CORRECT ANSWERS Autosomal dominant trait; stunted epiphyseal plate growth; results in short stature and characteristic facial features. Acquired CP - CORRECT ANSWERS May result from trauma, intracranial hemorrhage, CNS infections, near drowning, hypoxia, and metabolic disorders. Amelia - CORRECT ANSWERS Absence of a limb or distal segments; includes variations like phocomelia and transverse hemimelia. Anemia - CORRECT ANSWERS Caused by iron deficiency in the blood, diag...

Maternal Child Nursing Chapter 37 Impact of Cognitive and Sensory Impairment on the Child and Family A 10-year-old child has moderate cognitive impairment. With which activity would a teacher expect the child to need help? 1 Copying information from the board 2 Learning safe and healthy habits 3 Performing arithmetic calculations 4 Communicating with classmates - CORRECT ANSWERS 3 Students with moderate cognitive impairment (IQ of 50-55) have difficulty with functional readin...

A 14-year-old patient with Ewing's sarcoma is scheduled for an amputation of the right leg. The patient has been grieving about the loss ever since the health care provider prescribed the surgery. What type of grief does the nurse identify in this patient? 1 Acute grief 2 Universal loss 3 Anticipatory grief 4 Complicated grief - CORRECT ANSWERS 3 Because the amputation has not occurred, the patient's reaction is caused by anticipation of a future loss. This is a healthy response...

Applying a covered ice pack to the perineum from front to back during first 24 hours decreases edema and increases comfort. Using two or more perineal pads would be helpful in absorbing the heavy menstrual flow but will not reduce the pain or promote perineal healing. Sitz baths and Kegel exercises are important measures to provide pain relief and comfort to the patient with a fourth-degree laceration. Therefore the nurse should not advise the patient to avoid taking sitz baths and per...

As soon as the presenting part of the fetus touches the pelvic floor, the patient uses secondary powers or bearing-down efforts. This results in contractions that are expulsive in nature. The voluntary bearing-down efforts of the patient also result in increased intraabdominal pressure. Primary powers signal the beginning of labor with involuntary contractions that move downward over the uterus in waves. These contractions begin at pacemaker points in the thickened muscle layers of the...

A careful review of the literature on the various recreational and illicit drugs reveals that: a. more longer-term studies are needed to assess the lasting effects on infants when mothers have taken or are taking illegal drugs. b. heroin and methadone cross the placenta; marijuana, cocaine, and phencyclidine (PCP) do not. c. mothers should discontinue heroin use (detox) any time they can during pregnancy. d. methadone withdrawal for infants is less severe and shorter than heroin withdraw...

A 3-year-old girls mother is 6 months pregnant. What concern is this child likely to v erbalize? A) How the baby will get out B) What the baby will eat C) Whether her mother will die D) What color eyes the baby has - CORRECT ANSWERS B) What the baby will eat A pregnant woman at 10 weeks of gestation jogs three or four times per week. She is concerned about the effect of exercise on the fetus. The nurse should inform her: A) You don't need to modify your exercising any time during your ...

A new client and her partner arrive on the labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum unit for the birth of their first child. You apply the electronic fetal monitor (EFM) to the woman. Her partner asks you to explain what is printing on the graph, referring to the EFM strip. He wants to know what the baby's heart rate should be. Your best response is: a. Don't worry about that machine; that's my job. b. The top line graphs the baby's heart rate. Generally the heart rate is between 1...

A married couple lives in a single-family house with their newborn son and the husbands daughter from a previous marriage. On the basis of the information given, what family form best describes this family? A) Married-blended family B) Extended family C) Nuclear family D) Same-sex family - CORRECT ANSWERS A) Married-blended family A mothers household consists of her husband, his mother, and another child. She is living in a(n): A) Extended family. B) Single-parent family. C) Marrie...

Average age of menustration - CORRECT ANSWERS 10-13. Define carpopedal spasms - CORRECT ANSWERS Spasms of the hands and feet. Define euglycemia. - CORRECT ANSWERS Normal blood sugar. Define menarche. - CORRECT ANSWERS First menstrual cycle. Define menustration. - CORRECT ANSWERS The periodic uterine bleeding that begins approximately 14 days after ovulation. Define mittelshmerz. - CORRECT ANSWERS Ovulatory pain. Define myotonia. - CORRECT ANSWERS Increased muscle tension. Define ovulati...