Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 66%
Simulated
Passage / Scenario
A group of females who are pregnantA nurse is teaching about neural tube defects to a group of females who are pregnant. Which of the following disease processes should the nurse include as an example of a neural tube defect?
Correct answer
C
Rationale
Spina bifida is a neural tube defect involving incomplete spinal closure. Hydrocephalus is fluid buildup, cerebral palsy affects movement, and muscular dystrophy is genetic, none being neural tube defects.