The nurse has taken a position in a clinic in an area where fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is prevalent. What information should the nurse's manager provide?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. FAS is found mostly in the economically disadvantaged population.
2. The most common cause of intellectual disorders that are not inherited is the use of alcohol by the pregnant woman.
3. FAS is common but occurs only when the mother is a very heavy drinker.
4. Children with FAS may be at risk for addictions.
5. FAS is caused by a created genetic disease.
2,4,5
Rationale 1: FAS occurs in all populations.
Rationale 2: FAS is considered the most common nonhereditary form of intellectual disorders.
Rationale 3: Any alcohol use during pregnancy kills brain cells in the fetus. Heavy drinkers run a higher risk, but FAS can occur with moderate social drinking as well.
Rationale 4: The child with FAS may have both a genetic tendency toward addiction and environmental exposure to an addicted parent. Both would increase the likelihood that the child would become an abuser.
Rationale 5: Alcohol changes the genetic makeup of cells in the fetus, thereby potentially creating a genetic disease that could be passed to the children of the person with FAS.
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