A 35-year-old client is currently on fertility treatments. When ...

[aabwk4]

A 35-year-old client is currently on fertility treatments. When responding to a question from the client about multiple births, which statement by the nurse is accurate?
 
  a. Use of fertility treatments has been associated with an increase in multiple births.
  b. Your chance of having multiple births is at the same rate as all women of childbearing age.
  c. There is not enough evidence about the use of fertility treatments increasing the rate of multiple births.
  d. Because of your age and the fertility treatments, you have almost a 100 chance of a multiple birth.

Question 2

Parents of a firstborn child are asking whether it is normal for their child to be extremely competitive. The nurse should respond to the parents that studies about the ordinal position of children suggest that firstborn children tend to:
 
  a. be praised less often.
  b. be more achievement oriented.
  c. be more popular with the peer group.
  d. identify with peer group more than parents.

[Juro]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Because women in their thirties are almost 2.5 times as likely as women in their twenties to have higher-order plural births, increased childbearing among older women and the expanded use of fertility drugs have been associated with an increase in the multiple-birth ratio. The rate of having a multiple birth for this client is not the same for all women of childbearing age. There are data indicating that fertility treatments increase the rate of multiple births, but fertility treatments do not have a 100 rate of multiple births.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Firstborn children, like only children, tend to be more achievement-oriented.
Being praised less often, being more popular with the peer group, and identifying with peer groups more than parents are characteristics of later-born children.

[aabwk4]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[vickyvicksss]

Excellent