How Should the Nurse Explain to a Patient with a Spinal

question 31

Multiple Choice

How should the nurse explain to a patient with a spinal cord injury why the extent of injury cannot be determined for several days to a week?

• A) "Tissue repair does not begin for 72 hours."
• B) "We have to wait until spinal shock resolves."
• C) "Neurons need time to regenerate, so it is hard to predict how you will progress."
• D) "The most serious changes after an injury take days to develop."

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