A 37-year-old active male is in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) recovering from a hernia repair and preparing for discharge.The perianesthesia nurse,after reading the nursing assessment from the preoperative documentation,prepares to complete the patient's discharge education.The best practice in ensuring that the patient understands the information would be to:
A) reinforce the discharge education by giving him written instructions.
B) place a copy of the instructions that he has signed into the patient chart.
C) include his wife in the teaching session.
D) provide an opportunity for him to "teach-back" his discharge instructions.
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