A couple who has sought fertility counseling has been told that the man's sperm count is very low. The nurse advises the couple that spermatogenesis is impaired when which of the following occurs?

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A couple who has sought fertility counseling has been told that the man's sperm count is very low. The nurse advises the couple that spermatogenesis is impaired when which of the following occurs?

A. The testes are overheated. B. The vas deferens is ligated. C. The prostate gland is enlarged. D. The flagella are segmented.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 2 of 5

A couple has been told that the male partner, who is healthy, is producing no sperm 'because he has cystic fibrosis.' Which of the following explanations is accurate in relation to this statement?

A. Since the man is healthy B. he could not possibly have cystic fibrosis. C. Men with cystic fibrosis often have no epididymis. D. The expressivity of cystic fibrosis is variable.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

Which of the following client responses indicates that the nurse's teaching about care following chorionic villus sampling (CVS) has been successful?

A. If the baby stops moving B. the woman should immediately go to the hospital. C. The woman should take oral terbutaline every 2 hours for the next day. D. If the woman starts to bleed or to contract

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 4 of 5

A 10-week gravid states that her sister's son has been diagnosed with an X-linked recessive disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy. She questions the nurse about the disease. Which of the following responses is appropriate for the nurse to make?

A. Because Duchenne muscular dystrophy is inherited through the woman B. it is advisable for you to see a genetic counselor. C. Duchenne muscular dystrophy usually occurs as a spontaneous mutation. It is very unlikely that your fetus is affected. D. Your child could acquire Duchenne muscular dystrophy only if both you and your husband carried the gene. You need to check your husband's family history.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 5 of 5

A woman is seeking genetic counseling during her pregnancy. She has a strong family history of diabetes mellitus. She wishes to have an amniocentesis to determine whether she is carrying a baby who will 'develop diabetes.' Which of the following replies would be most appropriate for the nurse to make?

A. Doctors don't do amniocenteses to detect diabetes. B. Diabetes cannot be diagnosed by looking at the genes. C. Although diabetes does have a genetic component D. diet and exercise also determine whether or not someone is diabetic.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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