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oliviahorn72

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on: Jul 11, 2018
The nurse instructing a patient about the effects of diabetes mellitus informs the patient that diabetes mellitus:
 
  a. improves overall tissue perfusion.
  b. promotes release of oxygen to tissues.
  c. causes hemoglobin to have a greater affinity for oxygen.
  d. causes hemoglobin to have a decreased affinity for oxygen.

Question 2

All nurses should work to provide culturally appropriate nursing care. The integration of cultural knowledge into all aspects of care is known as:
 
  a. cultural competence.
  b. transcultural nursing.
  c. nursing process.
  d. team nursing.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that causes small blood vessel disease that impairs tissue perfusion. It also causes hemoglobin to have greater affinity for oxygen, so it fails to release oxygen to tissues.

Answer to Question 2

B
All nurses should provide transcultural nursing.


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