patient-unable
Procedures
SN instructed patient to drink more water and fruit juices, up to six to eight glasses per day. Include fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet, as well as fibrous foods such as whole-grain breads and cereals to prevent constipation.
SN instructed patient that to reduce diarrhea, omit fiber and bulk from your meals and eat foods that thicken your stools, such as white rice, applesauce, bananas, creamy peanut butter, yogurt, pasta, and bread. Continued diarrhea can cause dehydration, so increase the amount of fluids in your diet.
SN instructed patient to should eat three or more times a day. Small frequent meals may be better tolerated and produce less gas.
SN instructed patient that too much of any food can cause problems; eat moderate amounts and slowly to allow proper chewing and digestion. If a new food seems to give problems, don’t eat it for a few weeks, but try it again later.
Instructed patient how to change the dressings and how to care for the tubes and drains. Recommend to splint the abdomen when coughing or sneezing.
Instruct the patient in care of the incisional wound, reviewing signs of wound infection and thrombus formation in the implant replacement of the aortic valve.
The patient was instructed in bone cancer that has undergone extremity save that he or she will no recover preoperative manner and will be partially disabled.
The patient was instructed in bone marrow harvest to keep the sites clean and covered with a bandage for 3 days.
The patient was instructed in orchiectomy the importance of caring the surgical wound and dressing changes, dressing can be located over the incision and seized by the scrotal support.
Instructed patient assess PICC line site, line note any leakage from catheter or around the site. Note any redness, drainage or pain at the site.