Which of the following are issues underlying the nursing care needed by patients undergoing bariatric surgery? (SELECT ALL ANSWERS THAT APPLY)
A) Patients must learn a new relationship with food.
B) There are unpleasant gastrointestinal side effects that patients must accept.
C) Patients' families may have a hard time adjusting to the patient's new situation.
D) Bariatric surgery doesn't always work.
E) Patients may continue to have distorted body image even after the surgery.
F) The emotional problems that patients had when obese often continue post-surgery.
A, B, D
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