The nurse delivering babies on an obstetrical unit checks the mother's blood type to assess for ABO incompatibility. Which of the following clients would be at risk for this hemolytic disease?
A) The mother is type A and the fetus is type A.
B) The mother is type B and the fetus is type B.
C) The mother is type AB and the fetus is type AB.
D) The mother is type A, and the fetus is type AB.
D
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ABO incompatibility, a type of hemolytic disease of the newborn, can arise if the woman's blood type is A and the fetus's is B or AB; if the mother is B and the fetus is A or AB; and if the mother is O and the fetus is A, B, or AB.
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