A nurse who works in a large, urban hospital provides care for a diverse client population. When performing integumentary (skin) assessments, the nurse modifies assessment practices for certain clients in order to identify clinically meaningful data
This practice is most justified by the fact that clients differ according to A) Race
B) Ethnicity
C) Culture
D) Preference
A
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Race (biologic variations) is a term used to categorize people with genetically shared physical characteristics. The biological variations necessitate differences in skin assessment, both in terms of technique and interpretation of results. Ethnicity and culture are psychosocial concepts that certainly have relationships to race, but neither specifically warrants changes in integumentary assessments.
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