The answer may vary depending on the specific legal and institutional requirements, but generally, if a patient is unable to sign a consent form due to impairment from narcotic analgesic administration, an alternative process called "proxy consent" or "surrogate consent" can be followed. In such cases, a family member or legally authorized representative may sign the consent form on behalf of the patient.
For a patient scheduled for surgery for an allograft (skin graft) of the right leg following severe burns, the post-operative plan of care should include various considerations.
The decision regarding patient allocation when a nurse is transferred from a surgical unit to a general unit depends on various factors, including the patient's condition, care requirements, and the workload of the receiving units. Without further information, it is not possible to determine which patient must be allocated to the nurse in this scenario.
The nurse in this scenario represents the tertiary level of prevention.
Tertiary prevention focuses on reducing the impact of a disease or injury that has already occurred and aims to prevent further complications, promote recovery, and improve quality of life. In the context of a community affected by a hurricane, the nurse's efforts to find housing and provide counseling for those in need would fall under tertiary prevention.
In a patient with end-stage liver disease who undergoes a paracentesis to relieve massive ascites causing severe shortness of breath, albumin infusion is used to reduce hyponatremia and renal dysfunction resulting from decreased effective arterial volume.
The type of precautions indicated for a patient with a surgical site infection and purulent discharge is Contact Precautions.
