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Parents of a child recently diagnosed with Down syndrome relate to the nurse that they feel guilty about causing the condition. The best response by the nurse is
 
  1. Down syndrome is a conditioncaused by an extra chromosome;the cause of it is unknown.
  2. Down syndrome is a condition thatis genetically transmitted from both the father and the mother.Down syndrome is a condition thatis carried on the X chromosome,so it came from the mother.
  4. Down syndrome is caused by birthtrauma,not by genetics.
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Rationale: The therapeutic and accurate response is that Down syndrome is a condition caused by an extra chromosome,but we don't know why it occurs. The other responses are nontherapeutic or inaccurate.
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