The nurse is instructing a patient on stroke prevention. Which patient statement would the nurse evaluate as indicating understanding of the presence of a nonmodifiable risk factor for stroke development?
1. "I have hypertension just like my mom and her family."
2. "Lots of people of my ethnicity suffer strokes."
3. "I have tried several times to quit smoking, but I just can't seem to do it."
4. "It is going to be hard to give up eating red meat and my favorite family meals just to lower my cholesterol."
Answer: 2
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