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."

Step-by-step explanation:

In statement D we can see that the patient knows what the lobectomy will be submitted to, which is the one taken from one of the lung lobes and not the whole organ and also be aware that he will need to use post surgery drains to aid his recovery.

Therefore the nurse was able to provide preoperative education to a client with extensive right upper lobe cancer of the lung.