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."
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