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silviawilliams41 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The nurse explains that environmental risk factors that may lead to a congenital heart defect (CHD) include: (Select all that apply.)

a. Maternal alcoholism
b. A family member with CHD
c. Maternal hepatitis B
d. Maternal syphilis
e. Exposure to the coxsackie virus

Question 2

The school nurse gets a call from a caregiver who is planning to send her child to summer camp, but recently heard there was a case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever at the camp the previous year.

The mother asks, What causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever? The best answer by the nurse would be: a. the bite of an infected tick, which is carried by dogs and wild rodents
b. a bite from an infected species of Mexican free-tail bats
c. contact with bodily fluids of a child who has the disease
d. airborne droplets spread by coughing or sneezing

catron30 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A, B, E
Congenital heart defects can be caused by maternal alcoholism, a family history of CHD, exposure to the coxsackie virus, maternal use of Accutane or lithium, and maternal advanced age.

Answer to Question 2

A

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A Correct. Answering a mother's question, What causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever?, the best answer by the nurse would be the bite of an infected tick, which is carried by dogs and wild rodents.
B Incorrect. Answering a mother's question, What causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever?, the best answer by the nurse would not be a bite from an infected species of Mexican free-tail bats.
C Incorrect. Answering a mother's question, What causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever?, the best answer by the nurse would not be contact with bodily fluids of a child who has the disease.
D Incorrect. Answering a mother's question, What causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever?, the best answer by the nurse would not be airborne droplets spread by coughing or sneezing.