The nurse is teaching a client with maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), an autosomal recessive disorder, about the inheritance pattern. Which information should the nurse provide?
A) This recessive disorder is carried only on the X chromosome.
B) Occurrences mainly affect males and heterozygous females.
C) Both genes of a pair must be abnormal for the disorder to occur.
D) One copy of the abnormal gene is required for this disorder.
Answer: C) Both genes of a pair must be abnormal for the disorder to occur.
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To treat a dysrhythmia, atropine sulfate has been administered intravenously. The nurse would monitor for:
1. weight gain. 2. tachycardia. 3. muscle twitching. 4. incontinence of urine.
A new graduate nurse is in the fifth week of working on a busy surgical unit. The nurse tells a friend about witnessing some patient care that was "appalling." What should the nurse do?
a. Return to school to obtain a master's of science in nursing (MSN) and leave bedside nursing. b. Talk to the other nurses involved in the situation about the concerns. c. Report the behavior to the nurse manager of the unit. d. Accept that this is the reality of nursing in a busy unit.
The nurse receives a report from the lab regarding a client's stool. The report confirms steatorrhea. This is defined as what in the stool?
a. blood c. fat b. protein d. sugar
When using a bulb syringe to clear a newborn's airway immediately after birth, the nurse should first suction the mouth and then the nose because:
a. The mouth is cleaner than the nose. b. Suctioning the mouth often causes gagging. c. The infant breathes primarily through the nose. d. Clearing the mouth first decreases the risk of aspiration.