A Nurse Is Planning to Teach the Parents of a Child

question 48

Multiple Choice

A nurse is planning to teach the parents of a child with cystic fibrosis about the disorder. Which statement should the nurse include in this explanation?

• A) "While all people carry the gene CFTR, which is responsible for cystic fibrosis, those who develop the disease have a mutation in that gene."
• B) "A small percentage of the general population carries the gene for cystic fibrosis. If two carriers have children, then 25% of those children will develop the disease."
• C) "One in four people carry the gene for cystic fibrosis. If two carriers have children, then 25% of those children will develop the disease."
• D) "Some people carry the gene for cystic fibrosis. Of those carriers, one in four will develop the disease."

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Definitions:

Infants

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Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory describing how personality develops through stages of sexual pleasure focusing on different body parts.

Superego-Phallic

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