The client, a 78-year-old woman who has a mature cataract in the right eye, tells her nurse, "Now I have lost the sight in my right eye because I waited too long for treatment." What is the nurse's best response?
A. "Yes, this type of blindness could have been prevented by earlier treatment."
B. "It is fortunate that you came for treatment in time to save the sight of your left eye."
C. "Nothing you could have done would have made any difference at all in the sight you have lost."
D. "The result of surgery on your right eye will be just as good now as it would have been a year ago."
D
Although sight is increasingly impaired as a cataract matures, no other damage is done to the eye by waiting. The removal of the cataract will result in improved vision regardless of how long the cataract has been present.
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