The Health-Care Provider Caring for a Patient with a Suspected

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Multiple Choice

The health-care provider caring for a patient with a suspected "septic knee" informs the patient that arthrocentesis will be necessary.The nurse recognizes that teaching has been effective by which of the following patient statements?

• A)"They need to draw some fluid from my knee and check for an infection in the joint."
• B)"They will use a special scope to go inside my knee and fix the tears."
• C)"They want to take me to surgery since I might need a knee replacement."
• D)"This is probably due to an injury I had way back in high school."

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