The nursing instructor is discussing chronic conditions and their effects on the body with her medical-surgical class. What would the nursing instructor explain to her students that a patient with diabetes is at risk for?
A) Arthritis
B) Renal failure
C) Cancer
D) Asthma
Ans: B
Feedback: One chronic disease can lead to the development of other chronic conditions. Diabetes, for example, can eventually lead to neurologic and vascular changes that may result in visual, cardiac, and kidney disease and erectile dysfunction. Options A, C, and D are incorrect because they are not risk factors caused by diabetes.
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