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Medical-Surgical Nursing Critical Thinking in Client Care, 4th Edition Priscilla LeMon CHAPTER 8 Chapter 8 Question #1 The nurse is educating a group of nursing students regarding parents who... are carriers of certain genetic conditions. The nurse understands that carriers are: 1. Results of an altered gene on the X chromosome. 2. A problem on the Y chromosome. 3. Parents who have a single gene alteration on one chromosome or a pair of chromosomes. 4. Diseases that occur in spite of the fact that there exists one unaltered gene. Question #2 The nurse is educating a group of parents about the cause of Turner’s syndrome. The nurse explains to the parents that Turner’s syndrome is due to a variation in chromosomal number called: 1. Monosomy. 2. Trisomy. 3. Euploidy. 4. Polyploidy. #3 The nurse is developing a teaching plan for a group of parents who need genetic counseling. Which statement by a parent would indicates the need for further education? 1. “We understand that half of the sets of chromosomes come from the mother and the other half come from the father.” 2. “We understand that the 23rd pair of chromosomes will determine if our child will be male or female.” 3. “We understand that a chromosome called a karyotype is a chromosomal profile.” 4. “We understand that are all the chromosomes are the same size in males and females alike.” [Show More]

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