The nurse working in the labour and delivery area is aware that circumcision is practised on newborn sons eight days after birth for clients who follow which of the following religions?
a. Catholicism
b. Judaism
c. Islam
d. Buddhism
B
Conservative followers of Judaism circumcise their newborn sons eight days after birth.
Followers of Catholicism may choose circumcision for their sons, but it is not a ritual.
Muslims have a ritual for the body of a dead family member, but no ritual at birth.
Buddhists practise baptism later in life.
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