How should the nurse explain to a patient with a spinal cord injury why the extent of injury cannot be determined for several days to a week?
A) "Tissue repair does not begin for 72 hours."
B) "We have to wait until spinal shock resolves."
C) "Neurons need time to regenerate, so it is hard to predict how you will progress."
D) "The most serious changes after an injury take days to develop."
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