Multiple Choice
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.
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