A nurse is assessing a patient's risk factors for heart disease and finds that the patient has several risk factors.How should the nurse interpret this finding?

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The presence of a risk factor does not mean that a disease will develop,but risk factors increase the chances that the individual will experience a particular disease.Although genetics can be a risk factor,it does not mean the patient has a genetic disease.The patient does not need surgery for heart disease because risk factors only increase the probability of the disease occurring.

A Nurse Is Assessing a Patient's Risk Factors for Heart