The Nurse Is Working with a Patient Who Has Experienced

question 13

Multiple Choice

The nurse is working with a patient who has experienced a fetal death in utero at 20 weeks. The patient asks what her baby will look like when it is delivered. Which statement by the nurse is best?

• A) "Your baby will be covered in fine hair called lanugo."
• B) "Your child will have arm and leg buds, not fully formed limbs."
• C) "A white, cheesy substance called vernix caseosa will be on the skin."
• D) "The genitals of the baby will be ambiguous."

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Definitions:

Discrete Data

Data that can only take on specific values and cannot be made more precise by further measuring or subdividing.

Skewed Left

A distribution characterized by a longer tail on the left side, suggesting that the bulk of data is concentrated to the right of the mean.

Relative Frequency Histogram

A type of histogram that displays the relative frequencies of different categories of data, showing the proportion of data that falls into each category rather than the raw count.

Frequency Histogram

A graphical representation showing the frequency of various outcomes in a dataset, usually with bars.