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?

Answer 1

"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:

Lobectomy is a surgical procedure to remove only one pulmonary lobe. Surgery is indicated when a person has only one area of the lung affected by a disease, such as giant emphysema, malignant tumors and / or infections. This type of surgery in addition to removing the damaged part of the lung lobe, puts tubes in the patient's chest, these tubes to help drain and prevent the accumulation of blood, or other fluids. During the recovery period from surgery, the healthy lung tissue that remained with the patient will fill the various space left by the diseased tissue that was removed.