A client with heart failure will be undergoing the insertion of a pacemaker. The nurse is providing instructions preoperatively regarding the client's length of stay following the procedure. On which of the following will the nurse instruct the client?
1. Following the procedure and recovery, the client may expect to stay at the hospital up to 24 hours, but often the stay is less.
2. Following the procedure, the client may expect to go home immediately.
3. Following the procedure, the client will be required to stay in the hospital up to 2 days.
4. Following the procedure, the client will be required to stay in the hospital up to a week.
Following the procedure and recovery, the client may expect to stay at the hospital up to 24 hours, but often the stay is less.
Rationale: The client is usually kept in the facility overnight and released pending follow-up tests to ensure the leads and pacemaker are functioning. Only the client who experiences unforeseen complications could expect a longer length of stay.
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