Following Patient Teaching Regarding a Scheduled Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary

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Multiple Choice

Following patient teaching regarding a scheduled minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) ,the nurse determines the need for further instruction when the patient makes which statement?

• A)"It frightens me to think that my heart will be stopped during surgery."
• B)"This surgery bypasses my artery that is blocked, and replaces it with sections of a vein or artery taken from another part of my body."
• C)"This surgery will hopefully control my angina since nothing else we have tried has worked."
• D)"I may come out of surgery with vessels removed from my legs."

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