What points will you address while teaching the parents about the EVD system?
What will be an ideal response?
• How the EVD system allows the drainage of CSF
• The importance of keeping the EVD level with the external auditory meatus
• When to inform the nurse that the EVD needs to be clamped (e.g., emesis, crying, picking up the
infant)
• Normal expectations for amount of drainage and the color
• Criteria for removing the EVD and replacing the VP shunt
• Reporting changes in neurologic status to the nurse
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