The nurse is collecting the family history of a child recently diagnosed with ASD. Which finding would the nurse flag as potentially significant?
1. The client's older brother did not receive standard childhood immunizations.
2. The child's mother was exposed to rubella during the pregnancy.
3. The father works in a wheat-processing facility.
4. The child had neonatal jaundice that resolved at four days.
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Rationale 1: Some people have linked immunizations with ASD, but lack of immunization would not be significant.
Rationale 2: Rubella is a known environmental cause of autism.
Rationale 3: There is no known connection between this type of work and the development of ASD.
Rationale 4: Neonatal jaundice that resolves is common and not associated with ASD.
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