To Increase Compliance and Reduce Postoperative Complications, the Nurse Should

question 23

Multiple Choice

To increase compliance and reduce postoperative complications, the nurse should include which topics in the preoperative teaching for a patient who is to have a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) ? Select all that apply.

• A) Reasons for cooling blankets in postop period
• B) Equipment used: IVs, Foley, pacer wires, chest tubes, NG tubes, ECG leads
• C) Alternate methods for communicating when intubated
• D) Reasons and techniques of turning, coughing, and deep breathing once extubated
• E) Drug management: need for sedation when intubated, pain med through PCA

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Definitions:

Freight Costs

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Operating Expense

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Outgoing Merchandise

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