She’s just had diagnostic curettage and vomited twice during my whole shift.
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dictionary of nursing abbreviations and acronyms
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ARE YOU WRITING A CARE PLAN FOR YOUR NURSING SCHOOL CLASS? OR ARE YOU TAKING CARE OF A REAL PATIENT? THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD MAKE A POST-OP PATIENT VOMIT? HOW ABOUT THE ANESTHSIA OR MEDICATION SHE WAS GIVEN. ARE THERE STANDING ORDERS ON HER CHART THAT COVER WHAT TO GIVE FOR NAUSEA AND VOMMITING? IF NOT CALL THE DOC AND ASK FOR MEDICATION FOR HER N AND V. KEEP HER INTAKE TO JUST ICE CHIPS OR SIPS OF WATER TIL N AND V IS RELIEVED. bE SURE VITAL SIGNS ARE STABLE. CHECK FOR EXCESS BLEEDING, MONITOR BLOOD PRESSURE….ALL THE STANDARD POST-OP ACTIONS.