Question

The nurse provides preoperative education to a client with extensive cancer of the upper right lobe of the lung who is scheduled for a lobectomy. The nurse concludes that the teaching was effective when the client makes which statement?A. "The healthcare provider is going to use a laser to destroy all of the cancer cells. I will have oxygen in place to help me breathe after the surgery."

B. "I don't even need the lobe they are taking out. I still have three lobes in my left lung to help me breathe after the surgery."
C. "I know that my entire right lung will be removed. I will have chest tubes to help with drainage after surgery."
D. "The remaining lung tissue will fill in the empty space. I will have chest tubes to help with drainage after surgery."

Answer 1

D. "The remaining lung tissue will fill in the empty space. I will have chest tubes to help with drainage after surgery."