A patient in the ICU is status post embolectomy after a pulmonary embolus. What assessment parameter does the nurse monitor most closely on a patient who is postoperative following an embolectomy?
A) Pupillary response
B) Pressure in the vena cava
C) White blood cell differential
D) Pulmonary arterial pressure
Ans: D
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If the patient has undergone surgical embolectomy, the nurse measures the patient's pulmonary arterial pressure and urinary output. Pressure is not monitored in a patient's vena cava. White cell levels and pupillary responses would be monitored, but not to the extent of the patient's pulmonary arterial pressure.
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