The nurse is caring for a client who has undergone removal of a benign colonic polyp.The client asks the nurse why a follow-up colonoscopy is necessary.Which is the nurse's best response?

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Once a person has developed a polyp,risk for occurrence of multiple polyps is present.The physician usually can remove all visible polyps during the colonoscopy procedure.Follow-up colonoscopy is not done to ensure that healing occurred where a polyp was removed,or to check for cancerous lesions that were not visible during the first procedure.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Client Who Has Undergone