The client delivered vaginally two hours ago after receiving an epidural analgesia. She has a slight tingling sensation in both lower extremities but normal movement. She sustained a second degree perineal laceration.
Her perineum is edematous and ecchymotic. What should the nurse include in the plan of care for this client? A. Assist client to the bathroom in two hours to void.
B. Place a Foley catheter now.
C. Apply warm packs to perineum three times a day.
D. Allow client to rest for the next eight hours.
Question 2
A nurse suspects that a postpartum client has mastitis. Which of the following assessments provides the data to support this assessment? (Select all that apply.)
A. Shooting pain in her nipple during breastfeeding
B. Late onset of nipple pain
C. Pink and flaking skin of the affected breast
D. Nipple soreness when the infant latches on
E. Sudden onset of fever
Client receiving hemodialysis.
Weber test: Place the base of the tuning fork on top of the client’s head.
Basbaum and Fields’s (1978) model of the descending analgesia circuit.
A patient with Cushing’s syndrome (A) before and (B) after receiving treatment. Sharmyn McGraw