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A nurse is explaining genetics to a client with an inherited disease. Which principle explains the fact that the client is very sick, yet his brother is not?
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There is no explanation for this result.
Not all people with a mutant gene are affected to the same extent due to expressivity.
The environment has influenced the disease.
The brother will get sick later.
Q 2/19
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Each cell has 46 chromosomes, 23 from the mother and 23 from the father. The chromosomes are paired with alleles of genes that are paired, and if both members of the gene pair are identical, the person is considered homozygous. What is the person considered if both members of the gene pair are not identical?
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Mutant
Codominant
Heterozygous
Phenotypic
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A nurse is explaining genetics to a client with an inherited disease. Which principle explains the fact that the client is very sick, yet his brother is not?
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Each cell has 46 chromosomes, 23 from the mother and 23 from the father. The chromosomes are paired with alleles of genes that are paired, and if both members of the gene pair are identical, the person is considered homozygous. What is the person considered if both members of the gene pair are not identical?
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A pregnant woman is concerned about acquiring toxoplasmosis. The most important information for the nurse to give the client would be:
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A client undergoing an amniocentesis asks the nurse how the gender of the fetus will be determined. Which response about chromosome analysis is correct?
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Which term defines visible traitsâeither physical or biochemicalâassociated with a specific inheritance pattern that is recognizable?
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A nurse practitioner (NP) is assessing a client who wishes to become pregnant. What assessment finding represents the most significant risk for Down syndrome?
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Which risk factor increases the chances of the development of a neural tube defect during embryonic development?
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A child with cystic fibrosis (CF) asks the nurse why he has this disease, but his parents are perfectly healthy. The nurse explains:
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A client's history and physical indicate that the client is a carrier of sickle cell anemia. The nurse anticipates which of the following?
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The nurse is planning care for a 6-hour-old neonate who has been born with cleft palate. What aspect of care should the nurse prioritize?
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A client who is scheduled to have a tissue specimen removed for microscopic study will undergo which test?
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A client who was recently diagnosed with cancer and is worried that his cancer might spread asks the nurse how cancer spreads? What would be the nurse's best response?
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A client asks the nurse how malignant tumors differ from benign tumors. The best response would be that malignant tumors
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A client who has just recently been diagnosed with cancer asks the nurse what tumor markers are. Which answer would be the nurse's best response?
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The nurse recognizes that both grading and staging are methods for classifying cancer and selecting a treatment plan. What is clinical staging used to determine?
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A client has been exposed to bacteria. Which term best describes the body's initiate ability to consume the foreign substances?
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The nurse is educating a client who is being discharged from the hospital with severe allergies and who has experienced an anaphylactic reaction. What should the client be advised to have on hand at all times?
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An older adult client is experiencing pain and is concerned about how the pain will be managed. The nurse is aware that the first line of therapy for managing pain in older adults would be:
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The testes secrete several male sex hormones. Which of these hormones is the most abundant and considered the main testicular hormone?
