At the well-baby clinic, you encounter a couple who have just had a baby. They are devastated to learn that their child has a genetic defect. You learn that neither parent has any outward indication of this defect
Your response is based on your understanding that: a. Two apparently healthy parents can give birth to a child with a defectB. One parent must be lying to avoid blame for the defectC. The child cannot be the biological offspring of these two parents
D. The lab has made an error and the child is fine
A
Two parents that are outwardly normal can carry the gene. If they are both heterozygous for the trait, their child could have the defect. You do not have any information to support the other three answers.
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1. Decline in the ability to draw 2. Decrease in size of vocabulary 3. Difficulty filtering out irrelevant information 4. Difficulty switching attention from one person to another 5. Increased need to repeat information to the patient
In a conversion factor, the quantity of units you are converting to
A. is placed before the colon in a ratio. B. is placed after the colon in a ratio. C. is not part of the conversion factor. D. does not have to equal the quantity of units you are converting from.
Reducing LDL levels is the first step for both primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease
In explaining the benefits of LDL lowering, the nurse explains that for each 1% decrease in LDL there is a 1% decrease in risk for heart disease, so if the client can decrease LDL levels from 160 mg/dl to 120 mg/dl CVD risk will decrease by: 1. 25%. 2. 30%. 3. 10%. 4. 15%.
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A. The body's ability to maintain an internal stability or balance B. The body's decreased ability to function during illness, injury, or stress C. Intellectual, emotional, and social changes that occur over the life span D. An unexpected condition that intensifies a person's illness