A nurse is assigned to work in a healthcare facility in an area ...

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A nurse is assigned to work in a healthcare facility in an area of culture with which the nurse is unfamiliar. The nurse is caring for clients belonging to various ethnic groups.
 
  What is the most critical piece of information about race that the nurse needs to consider when collecting data? A) Skin, hair, and eye color are indicators of race.
  B) Genetic diseases are restricted to a particular race.
  C) Racial intermixing has blurred physical attributes.
  D) Race is equivalent to culture and ethnicity.

Question 2

The nurse assists and educates clients about the structure and function of the respiratory system. The nurse is reviewing the process of internal respiration and external respiration.
 
  What is the best explanation by the nurse to the client about external respiration? A) Exchange of oxygen for carbon dioxide within the cells
  B) Exchange of oxygen for carbon dioxide within the alveoli of the lungs
  C) Exchange of carbon dioxide for oxygen within the cells
  D) Exchange of carbon dioxide for oxygen within the alveoli of the lungs

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Answer to Question 1

C
Feedback:
The nurse should be aware that racial mixing has blurred physical attributes. Hence, skin, hair, and eye color are no longer accurate indicators of race. Genetic diseases are not necessarily restricted to a particular race. Culture is the accumulated learning for generational groups of individuals within structured or nonstructured societies, and ethnicity is the common heritage shared by a specific culture.

Answer to Question 2

B
Feedback:
The two types of respiration are external and internal. The exchange of oxygen (O2) for carbon dioxide (CO2) within the alveoli of the lungs is called external respiration (pulmonary respiration) because it is the part of the respiratory cycle involved with the external environment. The exchange of oxygen (O2) for carbon dioxide (CO2) within the cells is called internal respiration or cellular respiration (cell breathing). An increase in carbon dioxide levels stimulates respiration.