A Nurse Has Completed Giving Discharge Instructions to a Patient

A nurse has completed giving discharge instructions to a patient after a hernia repair.What verbalization by the patient should lead the nurse to determine that the patient understands the instructions?

A) Go back to work tomorrow.
B) Do not change the dressing until he sees his physician in 2 weeks.
C) Ignore changes in the size of his abdomen.
D) Report fever, redness, swelling, or increased pain at the incision site.

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