When planning the preoperative teaching plan for Mr. Johnson, a cardiac surgery patient, the nurse may include
A) a visit with a patient who is successfully recovering from cardiac surgery.
B) only information that the patient or family asks questions about.
C) only basic information due to the stress of the surgery.
D) a tour of the surgery suite showing him the cardiopulmonary bypass machine.
A
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Answer the following questions by supplying either the medical abbreviation or the interpretation of the medical abbreviation
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