The nurse's technique in assessing for bleeding in a patient who has had a thyroidectomy for bleeding, would be to:
1. check his chest since he is to be positioned in high Fowler's position.
2. turn him side to side to check; he must be kept flat in bed.
3. lift up the neck dressing to see if there is any excessive bleeding.
4. check behind his neck and upper back to detect excess drainage.
4
Because the dressing is on the front of the neck, blood might flow under the dressing to the back of the neck since it flows to the most dependent position.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 987-988
OBJ: 3 TOP: Postthyroidectomy Care
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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