Family members of a patient who has a traumatic brain injury ask the nurse about the purpose of the ventriculostomy system being used for intracranial pressure monitoring. Which response by the nurse is best?
a. "This type of monitoring system is com-plex and it is managed by skilled staff."
b. "The monitoring system helps show whether blood flow to the brain is ade-quate."
c. "The ventriculostomy monitoring system helps check for alterations in cerebral per-fusion pressure."
d. "This monitoring system has multiple ben-efits including facilitation of cerebrospinal fluid drainage."
ANS: B
Short and simple explanations should be given initially to patients and family members. The other explanations are either too complicated to be easily understood or may increase the family mem-bers' anxiety.
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