G6PD deficiency is a genetic disorder that causes hemolysis due to instability of the red blood cell wall in certain settings. It is prevalent in most Jewish people from Kurdistan (60-70%); therefore, the nurse is most suspicious of jaundice in this patient. Sardinians have the next highest prevalence at 4-35%. Japanese have less than a 1% prevalence of the disorder. Individuals from India have a 3% prevalence rate.