A Client Who Is Extremely Overweight Has Been Advised to Lose

question 36

Multiple Choice

A client who is extremely overweight has been advised to lose weight before surgery. To encourage the client, the nurse knows that the most appropriate statement is

• A) "It will decrease the operating room time by half if you lose weight."
• B) "Surgery requires more anesthesia if you are overweight."
• C) "With the weight loss, you decrease the chance of complications after surgery."
• D) "You'll feel better after surgery if you lose the weight before."

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Definitions:

Ellipse

A curve on a plane that surrounds two focal points such that the sum of the distances to the two focal points is constant for every point on the curve.

Major Axis

The longest diameter of an ellipse, running through its center and both foci.

Vertices

Vertices are the corner points where two or more lines, edges, or curves meet in a geometric shape or figure.

Co-vertices

In an ellipse, the pair of points on the minor axis that are equidistant from the center.