The Nurse Is Caring for a Client with Class III

question 8

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a client with Class III status (NYHA) heart failure and type 2 diabetes and the client asks the nurse whether heart transplant is a possible therapy. Which of the following responses by the nurse is best?

• A)"Since you have diabetes, you would not be a candidate for a heart transplant."
• B)"The choice of a client for a heart transplant depends on many different factors."
• C)"Your heart failure has not reached the stage in which heart transplants are considered."
• D)"People who have heart transplants are at risk for multiple complications after surgery."

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