A Nurse, Preparing for a Client's Discharge After Surgery, Is

question 31

Multiple Choice

A nurse, preparing for a client's discharge after surgery, is teaching the client's wife to change the dressing. How can the nurse be certain the wife knows the procedure?

• A) Tell the wife exactly how to do it.
• B) Give the wife information about supplies.
• C) Have the wife demonstrate the procedure.
• D) Ask another nurse to reinforce teaching.

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