Patient guidelines for surgery include ____.
A. informing the patient of specific dietary restrictions
B. asking patients to refrain from cigarette smoking for 2 hours before surgery
C. telling the patient to leave his/her money in the nightstand in her hospital room
D. discouraging bathing the morning of surgery
E. explaining that the patient will be able to drive home after the surgery
A. informing the patient of specific dietary restrictions
Inform patients of specific dietary restrictions to follow; tell patients not to smoke within 8 hours of the surgery, to leave their money at home, to bathe the morning of surgery or the night before, and to have someone available to drive them home after the surgery.
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