The patient with hyperthyroidism is scheduled for a subtotal thyroidectomy. What are care priorities preoperatively and postoperatively?
What will be an ideal response?
Important Points: Preoperative 1.Treat with thyroid drugs for near normal thyroid function.
2.Control hypertension, tachycardia, and dysrhythmia.
3.Teach the patient cough and deep breathing exercises.
4.Teach the need to support the head and neck when coughing postoperatively.
5.Teach the patient about postoperative care. Postoperative
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The most important component of the nursing process that precedes the nursing intervention and is prepared by the registered nurse is the ____________ ___________
ANS:
What threat to internal validity is most closely associated with a longitudinal design?
a. Instrumentation effects b. Mortality effects c. History effects d. Selection bias
The nurse is reviewing the layers of the heart with a patient with endocarditis. From outermost to innermost, in which order should the nurse review these layers?
1. epicardium 2. myocardium 3. endocardium 4. pericardial cavity 5. fibrous pericardium 6. parietal layer of serous pericardium
The nurse assessing a middle-aged patient experiencing chest pain realizes that presence of what symptom would be most characteristic of an acute myocardial infarction?
1. substernal pressure type pain, radiating down the left arm 2. colic-like epigastric pain 3. sharp, well-localized unilateral chest and left arm pain 4. sharp, burning chest pain moving from place to place