A Nurse Is Providing Preconception Teaching to a Group of Women

question 14

Multiple Choice

A nurse is providing preconception teaching to a group of women who wish to become pregnant. The nurse informs the group that which classifications of medications have shown no confirmed risk for fetal abnormalities if taken while pregnant? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.

• A) Category A
• B) Category B
• C) Category C
• D) Category D
• E) Category X

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Definitions:

Aneuploidy

The presence of an abnormal number of chromosomes in a cell, leading to genetic syndromes like Down syndrome due to an extra chromosome or Turner syndrome due to a missing chromosome.

Point Mutation

A point mutation is a genetic mutation where a single nucleotide base is changed, inserted, or deleted from a sequence of DNA or RNA, potentially affecting protein function.

Nucleotide

Basic building block of nucleic acids consisting of a sugar (either ribose or deoxyribose) and one of several types of organic bases.

Aneuploidy

A condition in which an organism has either more or fewer chromosomes than the normal number, leading to genetic disorders.