When providing preoperative teaching for a client scheduled to have abdominal surgery, the nurse should include:
A)
assisting with the bed bath.
B)
self-medication using a PCA pump.
C)
changing the dressings.
D)
turning, coughing, and deep breathing (TCDB).
D
Explanation:
A)
Coughing and deep breathing is required of all postoperative patients in order to reduce the risk of complications. Clients may or may not be expected to assist with their baths and to have a PCA device. Clients do not change their own dressings.
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B)
Coughing and deep breathing is required of all postoperative patients in order to reduce the risk of complications. Clients may or may not be expected to assist with their baths and to have a PCA device. Clients do not change their own dressings.
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Implementation
Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
C)
Coughing and deep breathing is required of all postoperative patients in order to reduce the risk of complications. Clients may or may not be expected to assist with their baths and to have a PCA device. Clients do not change their own dressings.
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Implementation
Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
D)
Coughing and deep breathing is required of all postoperative patients in order to reduce the risk of complications. Clients may or may not be expected to assist with their baths and to have a PCA device. Clients do not change their own dressings.
Application
Implementation
Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
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