A mother brings her 1-month-old son to the clinic for a well-baby visit. The child has a moderately severe hypospadias that was seen by a urologist in the newborn nursery. The mother is upset that the doctors would not circumcise her son before he was discharged. What information should the nurse include when responding to the mother?

C Circumcision is a surgical procedure. Because he will have surgery in the near future, it will be done at the same time to avoid two surgeries close together. D The procedure was not done because circumcision is medically unnecessary, not because he has a hypospadias. B The child's condition did not allow for elective surgery. It will be done at a later date when he is stronger. A The foreskin should not be removed because it will be used in the repair of the hypospadias.