A postoperative patient recovering from a hip replacement is on bed rest. The nurse is assessing for early signs of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Which finding is most concerning?

A hospitalized patient reports difficulty sleeping due to nighttime interruptions. The nurse is conducting a sleep assessment. Which question provides the most in-depth information about the patients sleep disturbances?

A patient recovering from a severe stroke has limited mobility and reports difficulty completing daily tasks. Which nursing diagnosis is the highest priority?

Feather color in a certain species of bird is controlled by a pair of alleles that exhibit incomplete dominance. If birds that are homozygous for one allele are black and birds that are homozygous for the other allele are white, then heterozygous birds would be:

Compare the segment of DNA for normal hemoglobin DNA with the segment for sickle-cell hemoglobin DNA below. Using this information, sickle-cell disease is caused by a(n) ________ mutation.

Albinism is an autosomal recessive disorder in which the skin and hair fail to produce pigment. The following question asks you to evaluate the pedigree chart shown here in which “N” is the allele for normal pigmentation and “n” is the allele for albinism. The shaded circles for Deirdre and Shannon represent the only individuals expressing the disorder.   What is Geoff’s genotype?

Do all somatic cells in a given organism express the same genes?

Lucia and Dave each have a sibling with Cystic Fibrosis.  Neither Lucia, nor Dave, nor any of their parents have Cystic Fibrosis.  First think, what genotype must their parents have had?  Then think, what are Lucia and Dave’s genotypes?

Which one of the following is shown at position D:  

Which of the following is NOT true regarding cystic fibrosis (CF)?