The nurse is educating a patient with a simple goiter. Which statement indicates that the patient needs additional instruction?
a. "The lump on my throat is my enlarged thyroid."
b. "Treatment stops enlargement of the goi-ter."
c. "I am aware this goiter could develop into cancer."
d. "I'm glad my treatment will make this thing go away."
D
Treatment usually arrests the growth of the goiter but usually does not diminish the size of the growth unless diagnosis is made early in the disease before growth has become excessive.
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