When Evaluating the Effectiveness of Preoperative Teaching with a Patient

question 23

Multiple Choice

When evaluating the effectiveness of preoperative teaching with a patient scheduled for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery using the internal mammary artery,the nurse determines that additional teaching is needed when the patient says which of the following?

• A) "They will circulate my blood with a machine during the surgery."
• B) "I will have small incisions in my leg where they will remove the vein."
• C) "They will use an artery near my heart to go around the area that is blocked."
• D) "I will need to take an aspirin every day after the surgery to keep the graft open."

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