Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 74%
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Passage / Scenario
A client is scheduled for a traditional abdominal cholecystectomy.Which of the following statements, if made by the nurse to the client the night before surgery, is MOST important?
Correct answer
B
Rationale
Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each implementation. Is it desired? (1) not most important initially, teaching should be done before discharge (2) correct-should be done every two hours to prevent respiratory complications, splinting prevents abdominal jarring (3) PCA pumps used postoperative but medication is administered intermittently (4) NG tube used to drain stomach, T-tube used to drain common bile duct