NCLEX
How is Down syndrome presented in terms of motor functions?
What is the slower processing of information?
What are children with Down syndrome at risk for?
What is primary hypertension?
This maternal age is considered the most significant risk factor for having a child.
What is 35 years or older?
What specialist would you refer for a child with Down syndrome?
What is speech, occupational, and physical therapy?
This results in an extra full or or partial copy of chromosome 21, which causes Down Syndrome
What is abnormal cell division?
How many live births does Down syndrome affect in the U.S?
What is 1 in 640 births?
Children with Down syndrome have what physical features?
What is slanted eyes and a flattened nasal bridge?
This genetic abnormality, involving an extra chromosome, is responsible for Down Syndrome.
What is trisomy 21?
Name a group of programs provided for children with Down syndrome.
What are special education and occupational programs?
In this type, chromosome 21 breaks off and attaches to another chromosome.
What is unbalanced translocation?
What is typically seen in the eyes of a child with Down syndrome?
What are brushfield spots?
(small white spots arranged in a ring)
This is an analysis of a person's complete set of chromosomes which can be used to diagnose down syndrome
What is a karyotype?
A history of having a child with this condition increases the risk of having another child with the same condition.
What is Down Syndrome?
Name medications utilized for treatment of complications for Down syndrome.
What is antibiotic therapy for recurrent infections, thyroid hormone replacement for hypothyroidism, and vitamin and mineral supplementation?
There are __ chromosomes in someone without Down syndrome.
What is 46?
A nurse is caring for an infant with Down syndrome, which of the following is characteristic of this genetic condition?
What is hypotonic muscles?
What cardiac issues arise from Down syndrome?
What is a heart murmur?
This type of translocation, involving chromosome 21, can be inherited and increase the risk of Down Syndrome.
What is Robertsonian translocation?
What surgeries might a child with Down syndrome need?
What is heart surgery?
What developmental feature characterizes individuals with Down syndrome due to altered neuronal development?
What is an intellectual disability or cognitive impairment?
This is the name of the faulty meiosis of the ovum or the sperm that leads to three copies instead of two chromosomes.
What is nondisjunction?
These exams are essential as 60% of children with Down syndrome have issues with these organs.
What is regular evaluation of vision and hearing?
Parents with this specific type of karyotype have a higher risk of having a child with Down syndrome.
What is a balanced translocation involving Chromosome 21?
What are associated nursing interventions for children with Down syndrome?
What is nutritional screening
Down syndrome is associated with an increased risk of developing which neurological condition later in life?
What is Alzheimer's disease?