The Nurse Is Caring for a Client with Advanced Gastric

question 9

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a client with advanced gastric cancer who is scheduled for palliative surgery to relieve gastric outlet obstruction.The client asks the nurse why he should bother having the surgery,because he will not be cured.Which is the nurse's best response?

• A) "It will allow the doctors to determine more accurately how long you have to live."
• B) "It will relieve the obstruction so you will be more comfortable and able to eat again."
• C) "It will remove much of the tumor so that chemotherapy will be more effective."
• D) "It will help prevent the tumor from spreading to other parts of your body."

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Definitions:

Staff Lounge

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Intensive Care Unit

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Nursing Care Delivery Model

A system or framework that outlines how nursing care is organized and delivered to patients.

Total Patient Care

Nursing delivery of care model originally developed during Florence Nightingale's time. In the model, a registered nurse (RN) is responsible for all aspects of care for one or more patients. The RN works directly with the patient, family, physician or health care provider, and health care team members. The model typically has a shift-based focus.