Author Question: The nurse is caring for a client pregnant with twins. Which statement indicates that the client ... (Read 96 times)

Jramos095 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The nurse is caring for a client pregnant with twins. Which statement indicates that the client needs additional information?

1. Because both of my twins are boys, I know that they are identical.
2. If my twins came from one fertilized egg that split, they are identical.
3. If I have one boy and one girl, I will know they came from two eggs.
4. It is rare for both twins to be within the same amniotic sac.

Question 2

The nurse is explaining the nutritional differences between breast milk and formula to an expectant couple. The mother-to-be asks whether breast milk is nutritionally superior to formula. What should the nurse reply?

1. The vitamins and minerals in formula are more bioavailable to the infant.
2. There is no cholesterol in breast milk.
3. The only carbohydrate in breast milk is lactose.
4. The ratio of whey to casein proteins in breast milk changes to meet the nutritional needs of the growing infant.

Jordin Calloway · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Explanation: 1. Not all same-sex twins are identical or monozygotic, because fraternal, or dizygotic, twins can be the same gender or different genders.

Answer to Question 2

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Explanation: 4. The ratio of whey to casein proteins in breast milk, unlike that in formula, is not static. It changes to meet the nutritional needs of the growing infant.