The nurse is reinforcing teaching provided to a patient with an aneurysm. Which patient statement indicates correct understanding of a dissecting aneurysm?
a. "An outpouching of one side of the arterial wall."
b. "A communication between an artery and a vein."
c. "A separation of the inner layer of the arterial wall."
d. "An enlargement of the entire circumference of the artery."
ANS: C
A dissecting aneurysm is a separation of the inner layer of the arterial wall. A. B. D. These statements do not explain the mechanism of an aneurysm.
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