Prepare the client for ultrafiltration. Ultrafiltration is an alternative intervention for clients with severe fluid overload. It is reserved for clients with advanced heart failure who are resistant to diuretic therapy. Liters of excess fluid and plasma are removed slowly from the client’s intravasc...
Identify interventions to plan, individualize, and document care for more than 800 diseases and disorders. Only in the Nursing Diagnosis Manual will you find for each diagnosis subjectively and objectively – sample clinical applications, prioritized action/interventions with rationales – a documentation ...
1. If the uterus is not contracted firmly, the first intervention is to massage the fundus until it is firm and to express clots that may have accumulated in the uterus. Pushing on an uncontracted uterus can invert the uterus and cause massive hemorrhage. Elevating the client’s legs and e...
Patient safety: Falls, hypervolemia, or hypovolemia. Q What is required for a patient to be discharged out of postoperative care? A The Aldrete score is a standardized tool used to measure a patient’s readiness for discharge from the PACU. The score assesses the patient’s activity, respira...
Hypovolemia Anemia 43. A patient returns from surgery with an indwelling urinary catheter in place and empty. Six hours later, the volume is 120ml. The drainage system has no obstructions. Which intervention has priority? Give a 500ml bolus of isotonic saline ...
s preconception and prenatal history as well as intrapartal events. Recognition of risk factors (Box 23-1) enables the nurse to be more astute in observations and assessments and more likely to identify early signs of complications. This allows for earlier intervention and promotes positive ...
Examine the complications that can occur at delivery. Create a plan for evidence-based intervention if complications occur at delivery.CEUFast Inc. and the course planners for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primar...
receive a 30-mL lumbar epidural saline bolus or a 10-mL lumbar epidural blood patch.167Forty-two patients had dramatic relief of their symptoms in the first hour after the intervention; however, 12 of the 21 (57%) patients who had received saline had return of the PDPH in the next 24...
risk factors which can increase the risk of renal insufficiency should be taken into consideration. Such factors includehypovolemia, hypotension,hyponatremia, concomitant use of other potentially nephrotoxic medications, andrenal artery stenosis. The efficacy of captopril in the management ofcystinuriais ...
transient increase in cardiac parasympathetic activity, face cooling causes substantial increases inblood pressurethat can be maintained for 15 minutes or more. Simply cooling the forehead and cheeks might be an effective intervention to maintain or improve blood pressure in hypovolemia (Johnson et al.,...