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Lisa is a 44-year-old patient with breast cancer who is scheduled to undergo a right-side mastectomy. Ideally, when should preoperative teaching begin?
 
  A. As soon as she is diagnosed with breast cancer
  B. One week before surgery
  C. The day before surgery
  D. The day of surgery
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Preoperative teaching is most useful when started the week before admission and reinforced im-mediately before surgery. Teaching performed when the patient is less anxious will result in more effective learning. Anxiety and fear are barriers to learning.
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