The nurse working with a client awaiting organ transplant would focus on dispelling the false belief that
a. medications used to prevent organ rejection have significant side effects.
b. the risk of organ rejection is an ongoing possibility post transplant.
c. transplantation will resolve the manifestations of end-stage organ disease.
d. transplantation will resolve most of the problems now faced by the family.
D
Many clients and their families unrealistically expect that transplantation will cure all life's problems. The other three choices are actual situations that can occur.
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