Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 90%
Full-length
A client has received preoperative teaching for the vertical partial laryngectomy that he is scheduled to have in the morning. The nurse determines that the teaching has been effective when the client states:
Correct answer
C
Rationale
The client will have minimal difficulty swallowing after a vertical partial laryngectomy, indicating effective preoperative teaching. Special swallowing training is typically required for supraglottic (horizontal partial) laryngectomy, not vertical. Voice quality will be altered, and radical neck dissection is associated with total laryngectomy.