On inspection of the external eye structures of a Black American client, the nurse notices the sclera are not white, but appear a darker shade with tiny black dots of pigmentation near the limbus. The nurse documents this finding:

a. As an indication of a type of anemia.
b. As a hordeolum or sty.
c. As jaundice.
d. As a normal racial variation.


ANS: D

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