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The nurse knows that when a patient breastfeeds, which portions of the breast secrete milk?
- A. Lactiferous sinuses
- B. Lobes
- C. Montgomery's glands
- D. Alveoli lobules
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The alveoli secrete milk.
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What is the correct nursing response?
- A. An increase in height
- B. Breast development
- C. Appearance of axillary hair
- D. The first menstrual period
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The first outward change of puberty in girls is the development of breasts at about 10 to 11 years of age.
What does breast milk provide in addition to nourishment for the infant?
- A. Maternal antibodies
- B. Stimulus for red blood cell production
- C. Endorphins that soothe the infant
- D. Hormones that stimulate growth
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Breast milk provides maternal antibodies to the infant that give the child acquired immunity from some diseases for several months.
What will the nurse explain to a 12-year-old patient when describing what characterizes nocturnal emissions?
- A. A drop in testosterone level
- B. Sexual stimulation
- C. Absence of sperm in ejaculate
- D. Association with violent dreams
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Nocturnal emissions, also known as 'wet dreams,' occur without sexual stimulation and contain no sperm.
What statement indicates a woman has correct information about oogenesis?
- A. Women make fewer ova as they age.'
- B. Women have all of their ova at the time they are born.'
- C. Ova production begins at birth and continues until puberty.'
- D. New ova are made every month from puberty to climacteric.'
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Oogenesis (formation of immature ova) does not occur after fetal development. Females are born with about 2 million immature ova, which rapidly reduce by adulthood.
The nurse knows that which is the most favorable pelvic type for vaginal birth?
- A. Gynecoid
- B. Android
- C. Anthropoid
- D. Platypelloid
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The gynecoid pelvis is typical female pelvis and is most favorable for vaginal birth.