What additional information should be included in your discharge teaching?
What will be an ideal response?
T.M.'s parents should be taught about positioning, transfer techniques, medication administration
(including proactive pain management, identification of adverse effects of analgesic therapy [e.g.,
constipation]), identification of signs and symptoms of complications from surgery (e.g., infection,
neurovascular compromise), the importance of follow-up provider care, and the importance of fluids
and nutrition (to prevent constipation and to promote healing and normal growth).
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Which sign indicates that the need for increased fluid intake would be contraindicated in a patient diagnosed with a hepatic disorder?
a. Low blood pressure b. Increased urinary output c. Signs of edema d. Bradycardia
A client has an increased lab value that is associated with a parasitic skin infection. Which lab test in a white blood cell with differential will indicate this condition?
a. basophils c. eosinophils b. lymphocytes d. monocytes
Signs and symptoms of cystitis include
A) headache. B) frequency of urination. C) chills. D) high fever.