What should be included in the preoperative teaching for R.O. and her parents?
What will be an ideal response?
• NPO status
• Floor routines (call light, frequency of taking VS)
• Possible placement of a nasogastric tube to low intermittent suction
• The purpose and procedure for placing the IV and fluid therapy, measuring urinary output, ambulation
• Respiratory care (turn, cough, and deep breath; use of incentive spirometer) and pain management
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A patient who has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has developed pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) and will receive parenteral pentamidine (Pentam 300). The nurse caring for this patient will:
a. administer the drug with the patient supine and monitor the blood pressure closely. b. inform the patient to report coughing and shortness of breath. c. teach the patient that darkening of the urine may occur with this drug. d. tell the patient to report yellow discoloration of the sclerae.
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1. blocks receptors for aldosterone. 2. blocks the calcium channels. 3. causes excretion of potassium ions. 4. prevents thirst.