Reference no: EM133719635

Question

The nurse is caring for a client who is recovering from coronary artery bypass surgery. The client is concerned that the surgeon removed enough vein from the leg because there are only a few small wounds along the leg. The client says, "I have a friend who had this same surgery, and he has a big long incision on his leg. Why does mine look different?" What is the BEST response by the nurse to this client? "The surgeon was able to quickly find your vein and didn't have to make a long incision." "I wouldn't worry about it. The surgeon wouldn't have stopped with the little incisions if it wasn't enough." "In your case, your surgeon used a scope to harvest the vein because there are fewer complications with this method." "Your incision looks different because you have shorter veins and it took multiple small incisions to get what was needed instead of one big long one."