When planning care for a client with a permanent laryngectomy airway, the nurse should include which considerations? Select all that apply
1. The client will be unable to speak.
2. The client will require enteral feedings until healed.
3. The family and client cannot read.
4. The family may be unable to communicate with the client.
5. The client requires isolation until the site is healed.
1. The client will be unable to speak.
2. The client will require enteral feedings until healed.
3. The family and client cannot read.
Rationale:
The client will be unable to speak. Until the surgical site is healed, the client will be unable to speak. The client will require enteral feedings until healed. The client will require enteral feedings until healed. The family and client cannot read. Until the surgical site is healed, the client will be unable to speak. Communication will be much more difficult when both family and client cannot read. The family may be unable to communicate with the client. The nurse must devise methods for family, nurse, and client to communicate before the surgery takes place. The client requires isolation until the site is healed. There is no reason for isolation until healed, but meticulous wound care is paramount.
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