A physician documents that a patient has a scleral icterus. How does the nurse describe the color of the patient's sclera?
a. Red
b. Blue
c. Green
d. Yellow
ANS: D
Scleral icterus means the color of the sclera is yellow. The jaundice is due to coloring of the sclera with bilirubin that infiltrates all tissues of the body.
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