Which of the following should the nurse include in a postoperative teaching plan for a client with a laryngectomy
A. Telling the client to speak by covering the stoma with a sterile gauze pad.
B. Reassuring the client that normal eating will be possible after healing has occurred.
C. Instructing the client to avoid coughing until the sutures are removed.
D. Instructing the client to control oral secretions by swabbing them with tissues or by expectorating into an emesis basin.
