ATI MED SURG REMEDIATION
Management of Care
1. Cancer Disorders: Advocating for a Client
• Encourage the patient to take frequent rest
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• Make sure they get the right nutrition
• Help the patient by planning activities that are appropriate for the patient.
2. Ethical Responsibilities: Client Decision to Refuse Treatment
• We must respect our patient’s ethical principle of Autonomy.
• We must self-reflect on our own values if they are problems that we are against as people.
• We must allow them to make their own choices as well as still educating them on the risk or refusal of a certain , procedure.
Safety and Infection Control
3. Preoperative Nursing Care: Identifying Allergic Cross-Reactivity
• If a patient is allergic to bananas or kiwis, they can also be allergic to latex
• Allergies to shellfish, is also considered an allergy to povidone-iodine
• And having an egg as well as soybean oil can also mean allergies to anesthesia or propofol.
4. Medical and Surgical Asepsis: Maintaining a Sterile Field
• Only touch items on the sterile field with sterile gloves
• Never turn your back on the sterile field
• Hold any sterile item 6 inches above th3e sterile field before placing it on the sterile field.
Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. Infections of the Renal and Urinary System: Teaching About Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections
• Educate patient on drinking 3 liters of water a day.
• Void before and after intercourse
• Make sure to empty the bladder at least every 3 or 4 hrs.
Basic Care and Comfort
6. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Erectile Dysfunction, and Prostatitis: Preventing Complications Following a Transurethral Resection
• Educate the patient to avoid liftin heavy items as well as sexual intercourse for 2-6 weeks
• Youi must contact the surgeon if there is continued bleeding or ay obstruction like you notice any decrease in urine out point, or any distention in the abdomen area.
• Avoid anything that might stimulate the bladder like, caffeine or alcohol. [Show Less]