A home care nurse is looking over the charts of four elderly female patients. The nurse knows that which patient has the highest risk for developing diabetes and heart disease?
1. A Caucasian woman.
2. A woman of Italian descent.
3. An Amish woman.
4. An African American woman
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Rationale 1: Caucasian women do not have as great a risk of high blood pressure and heart disease as they do of lung cancer.
Rationale 2: A woman of Italian descent does not have a great risk for high blood pressure and diabetes.
Rationale 3: An Amish woman is Caucasian, and does not have a great risk of high blood pressure or diabetes.
Rationale 4: An African American woman has a great risk of high blood pressure and diabetes.
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