How should the nurse respond when a woman, who is a carrier for hemophilia, asks about the risk of having a child with hemophilia? Her partner does not have the gene for hemophilia.
A) "You have a 50% chance of passing the affected chromosome to your sons."
B) "All your sons will have hemophilia."
C) "Your daughters have a 50% chance of having hemophilia."
D) "All your daughters will be carriers."

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Hemophilia is an X-linked recessive disorder. A carrier mother has a 50% chance of passing the affected X chromosome to her sons, who would then have hemophilia.

How Should the Nurse Respond When a Woman, Who Is