Question 1
A nurse is caring for a patient who has just started to bleed from the insertion site following a cardiac catheterization. What should be the nurse's first response?
◦ Locate and apply a compression clamp.
◦ Apply manual pressure to the site.
◦ Apply a collagen patch or sheath.
◦ Administer vitamin K (AquaMEPHYTON).
Question 2
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.
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.◦ Drug management: need for sedation when intubated, pain med through PCA
◦ Reasons and techniques of turning, coughing, and deep breathing once extubated
◦ Reasons for cooling blankets in postop period
◦ Alternate methods for communicating when intubated
◦ Equipment used: IVs, Foley, pacer wires, chest tubes, NG tubes, ECG leads
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