Sim Lab Admission Ticket Lou Thao Visit #: 7 Scenario: Post op colon resection

Sim Lab Admission Ticket Lou Thao Visit #: 7 Scenario: Post op colon resection 

SLS: Medical Surgical GI # 24

Allergies: NKDA

Course Objectives (COs): By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

1.      Identify competent nursing care for clients with chronic conditions, utilizing evidence-based practice guidelines (SLO 1,2,5).

2.            Differentiate care needs of the elderly adult experiencing alterations in health (SLO 2,3,5).

3.                  Acknowledge legal and ethical issues in healthcare (SLO 3).

4.                  Prioritize nursing care for patients with chronic alterations in health (SLO 1.2.4.5).

5.            Develop an individualized teaching plan for the client with the goal of improving and maintaining personal health (SLO 1,2,3,4).

6.                  Correctly calculate medication doses appropriate for the population (SLO 1,5).

THOROUGHLY ANSWER THE FOLLOWING COMPREHENSIVELY and submit by 0730 the

day before Simulation. Incomplete tickets will be returned for redo, and must be returned by the following week’s simulation.

**ANSWERS MUST BE paraphrased AND CITE PROFESSIONAL source (Author, year, page). Textbook and NANDA are preferred sources.

1.      In your opinion, based on understanding (through research) Buddhism and health care, how might Mr. Thao’s religion and culture affect health care decisions?

One way Mr. Thao’s religion and culture affects his decisions regarding his health is the way her perceives pain. In Buddhism, they do not take anything for pain because they believe is a normal part of life and they don’t want anything that would get in the way of how they feel physically and mentally. Nurses need to understand this to know why maybe vials are elevated due to pain and know why the patient may be refusing certain treatments.

2.      In a fluid volume deficit, what is the overall effect on labs -- increase or decrease)? Why?

For a patient with fluid volume deficit, everything would be within range except there would be an increase in hemoglobin and hematocrit due to a lack of bodily fluids (Harding et.al, 2020, p 275).

3.      List 3 possible causes of fluid volume deficit in the post-operative colon resection patient. One reason Mr. Thoa may be in a fluid volume deficit is due to his diet change. He is now on an NPO diet and cant not have anything to eat or drink aside from a few ice cubes to