NURS 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hypokalemia, Fetus, Commode
7 Dec 2016
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- begins immediately after surgery; continues until client is discharged from care. Pacu: post- anaesthesia care unit; par: post-anaesthetic recovery. Located adjacent to or to minimize transportation of client and provide access to anaesthesia, surgical personnel. Pacu admission: initial admin is a joint effort between anaesthesiologist, or nurse, pacu nurse. Fosters smooth transfer of care to the pacu. While in pacu, priority care includes monitoring and management of: Usually not in a private room so nurses can eyeball all the. Abcs: resp, circulatory function; pain; temp; surgical site; client(cid:495)s response to reversal of anaesthetic. patients so no surprises. Someone who just got anesthetic, that(cid:495)s the time that cardiac + resp may get surgery coldness = normal response. They may want warm blanket, esp elderly who can(cid:495)t regular temp well. Also monitor surgical site closely for any sight of bleeding. Monitor pt coming out of anesthetic, we expect their loc to increase to a comfortable level to have them transferred.
