What is it and how can it help me? Pre-operative assessment (POA) and planning‚ carried out prior to treatment‚ ensures that the patient is fully informed about the procedure and the post operative recovery‚ is in optimum health and has made arrangements for admission‚ discharge and post operative care at home. POA and planning is an essential part of the planned care pathway which enhances the quality of care in a number of ways. * If a patient is fully informed‚ they will be less stressed
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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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The article‚ “Pre-operative assessments of elective surgical patients‚” aims at emphasizing the importance of pre-operative assessments along with the rationale for their use in addition to ensuring the patient is medically fit prior to entering the operating room. In addition‚ well performed assessments prior to surgery also improve patient outcomes post-surgery. The article also states that the essential components of the pre-operative assessment should include: identifying current health concerns
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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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your teeth is essential in order to keep them all in tact as you age. The necessary place to start with the proper care of your teeth is preventative dentistry. Preventative dentistry is pretty much explained through its name. Preventative dentistry involves properly taking care of your teeth in order to prevent dental diseases. One of the diseases that preventative dentistry helps with is the prevention of caries. Caries is a dental disease that “among 291 diseases and injuries” was “ranked the most
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Heparin Heparin Heparin‚ otherwise known as Hep-Lock‚ Hep-Lock U/P‚ or Monoject Prefill‚ is an anticoagulant and an antithrombotic drug. According to Linda Skidmore-Roth’s book entitled Mosby’s Drug Guide for Nursing Students (2013)‚ heparin is used to prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE)‚ myocardial infarction‚ open heart surgery‚ disseminated intravascular clotting syndrome‚ and atrial fibrillation with embolization. It is also used as an anticoagulant
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Postoperative ileus is a possibly deadly complication that occurs after many abdominal surgeries and operations. An ileus is where the bowels “fall asleep” after trauma and fail to “awaken” for quite some time following surgery. Postoperative ileus can affect patient nutrition‚ comfort and especially length of stay‚ which results in a major cost to insurance companies and hospitals. According to Chan and Law (2007)‚ the economic burden resulting from postoperative ileus is $7.5 billion per year in
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PREVENTATIVE CARE Community health centers offer preventive care to patients to help stop health problems before they start. CHCs comprehensive care often includes providing “dental‚ vision and behavioral health services‚ community-centered services and care integration - including health education and case management” (NCSL). Nearly three-quarters of children who are treated at CHCs receive all recommended immunizations by their second birthday. As of 2010‚ immunizations‚ physicals‚ and other
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they are immobilized for any length of time post-operatively. Deep vein thrombosis could eventuate in fatal pulmonary embolism; this is preventable with appropriate prophylaxis. Joanna Briggs Institute (2008) reviewed that the risk of deep vein thrombosis formation rises with the duration of the operative procedure and period of immobility. This paper will look at 5 different prophylactic methods for prevention of deep vein thrombosis post operative‚ which will include: The effectiveness of anti
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