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    intervention‚ and outcome evaluation are inherent in the post operative nurse’s role with the aim of a successful recovery for the patient. The appropriate provision of care is integral for prevention of complications that can arise from the anaesthesia or the surgical procedure. Whilst complications are common at least half of all complications are preventable (Haynes et al.‚ 2009). The foundations of Mrs Hilton’s nursing plan are to ensure that any post surgery complications are circumvented. My role as

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    Case Study: Margaret Whilst the patient is in PACU‚ identify and discuss airway management (and rationales) as related to the case study (400 words) The post-operative patient is at risk for respiratory problems due to ineffective airway clearance related to changes in pulmonary physiology and function caused by anaesthetics‚ narcotics‚ mechanical ventilation‚ hypothermia and surgery. With increased tracheobronchial secretions secondary to the effects of anaesthesia‚ combined with ineffective

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    Pain is a subjective experience and unpleasant sensation that associated with tissue impairment (Ogino et al.‚ 2007). Post-operative pain is a commonly actual post-operative complication of most general surgeries (Abdalrahim et al.‚ 2011). Therefore‚ Evelyn is likely to have pain due to the surgical tissue trauma and the replacement of the knee joint. Post-operative pain is a major concern during the recovery of patients because pain is a distressing symptom‚ poorly controlled pain may contribute

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    Nursing Diagnosis 1. Acute pain R/T: inflammation and obstruction of the gallbladder AEB: patient verbalizes abdominal pain of 7/10‚ grimaces‚ rubs his stomach‚ BP 158/79‚ T990F 2. Deficient knowledge R/T: lack of knowledge about the importance of incentive spirometer AEB: patient says that he does not know how to use and needs to know more about its importance. 3. Risk for deficient fluid volume R/T: restricted intake 4. Risk for imbalanced nutrition less than body requirement R/T: impaired

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    Initial clinical experiences in post-operative care of microsurgical patients Giang Nguyen Ngan BSN‚ Ha Nguyen Hông Ph.D‚ Thai Pham Hong BSN Abstract Aim: To summarise the initial clinical experiences in post-operative care of patients undergoing microsurgery. Methods: The study design was a retrospective descriptive analysis. Subjects were patients that underwent reconstruction of amputated body parts and free tissue transfer by microsurgical technique from August 2007 to August 2010

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    Knee Arthroscopy Post-Operative Instructions PLEASE READ ALL OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. THEY WILL ANSWER MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS. 1. You may walk on the operative leg with or without crutches as tolerated beginning the day of surgery. Be cautious of how much you do the first day or two after surgery as it is easy to overdo it. When resting‚ try to keep your knee as straight as possible. Do not place pillows beneath your knee keeping it rested in a bent position‚ but rather place pillows such

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    factors affecting the delivery of quality nursing care to the post-operative patients starting from the time they were transferred from the post-anesthesia care unit after operation to the ward until discharged. And within that period of care‚ problems arise in care plan and implementation especially on the aspect of patient-handling or what we call hands-on care. As a result‚ the study is conducted to investigate the quality of hands-on care given to post-operative patients. Statement of the Problem

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    Post operative care There is a range of activities that nurses need to undertake when caring for postoperative patients. There are also specialist areas of surgery‚ e.g. bowel and thoracic surgery‚ which require more specific care and these are covered in Section 5. The patient is placed in the recovery room attached to theatre. The patients’ condition is assessed and he is nursed in the lateral recovery position to minimize risks of aspiration until fully conscious‚ when he can be transferred

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    To manage pain effectively‚ a nurse must assess‚ understand‚ and treat the patient’s pain and then reassess the pain on an ongoing basis. The Joint Commission emphasizes that every patient has a right to pain assessment and treatment. It means that a nurse must assess the nature and intensity of the pain and document the findings in a way that facilitates further assessment and follow-up. In that context‚ pain is indeed the fifth vital sign ("Pain Management‚" n.d.). The nurse will assess Lillian

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    This essay will discuss the plan of care I developed for Mr X while he was under my care in a post anaesthetic unit. It will discuss my nursing assessments‚ and what diagnoses I developed from this. It will then discuss the rationale behind my nursing interventions using relevant literature. My plan of care will be analysed throughout while identifying how my nursing care meets best practice guidelines. A nursing care plan is begun at a patients admission. In this case Mr X was booked in for

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