The nurse is aware that the patient who is to have his leg amputated is also to have a prosthesis fitted in the OR at the same time. The preoperative teaching plan will include the fact that there will be:
1. the need for extra preoperative medications.
2. a rigid dressing applied to accommodate the prosthesis.
3. a series of temporary prostheses before the permanent one is put in place.
4. the need to "wire" the residual limb for acceptance of the prosthesis.
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There will be a rigid dressing applied to the residual limb to accommodate the prosthesis immediately after surgery.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 936
OBJ: 3 TOP: Preoperative Teaching
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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