The nurse instructing a patient about the effects of smoking informs the patient that smoking:
a. increases the amount of tissue oxygenation.
b. increases the amount of functional hemoglobin in blood.
c. may decrease platelet aggregation and cause hypercoagulability.
d. interferes with normal cellular mechanisms that promote release of oxygen.
D
Smoking reduces the amount of functional hemoglobin in blood, thus decreasing tissue oxygenation. Smoking may increase platelet aggregation and hypercoagulability. Smoking interferes with normal cellular mechanisms that promote release of oxygen to tissues.
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