Multiple Choice
The nurse is providing teaching about preoperative plans for surgery and tells the patient they must not eat or drink anything for eight hours before the procedure. The patient asks why this is required. What is the nurse's most appropriate response?
A) "If you do not eat before surgery, you will be less likely to get sick after the procedure."
B) "Eating before surgery slows the digestion process and you could become constipated."
C) "If you eat before surgery, you run the risk of food coming up from your stomach and being aspirated into your lungs."
D) "When you do not eat before surgery, the stomach is deflated and the surgeon will have more room to see during the procedure."
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