Delayed Surgical Recovery
This patient has delayed surgical recovery due to something that causes redness, swelling, pain, and fever.
What is an infection?
This patient's subjective level of pain was.
What is 6/10?
This diagnostic test was given to check for problems after the patient's surgery.
What is a lumbar spine CT scan?
This medication treats neuropathic pain due to patient's spinal stenosis and surgery.
What is neurontin?
The normal WBC range.
What is 5-10?
The patient is at a high risk for this complication due to the wound infection and surgery.
What is sepsis?
After a major surgery, this nursing diagnosis is always a top priority to care for.
What is acute pain?
This test was given because the patient had an altered mental status, and we wanted to rule out stroke.
What is an MRI of brain without contrast?
The medication Actos is used for which condition in our patient's medical history.
What is diabetes type 2?
The normal RBC range.
What is 4.20-5.50?
This related to factor was due to a break in the skin from surgery that formed an abscess with drainage.
What is impaired tissue integrity?
When someone is having moderate to severe acute pain, doing these activities can be very difficult to do.
What is activities of daily living?
This test was given because the patient had a fever and a history of COPD.
What is a chest x-ray?
This medication helps control our patient's high cholesterol.
What is Lipitor (Atorvastatin)?
The normal hemoglobin range for a male.
What is 13.7-17.1?
A prolonged hospitalization can cause what.
What is a higher cost of care?
After a T11-S2 laminectomy and an L5-S1 posterior interbody fusion, it is common to have pain in this area of the body.
What is lower back (lumbar region)?
What is an ECHO?
This medication is used to treat neuropathic pain, but also helps in easing muscle spasms.
What is Robaxin?
The WBC count for this patient was high on admission due to this complication.
What is fever?
This patient might spend a longer time at a skilled nursing facility which can be emotionally taxing. This is high priority because of the patient's medical history of.
What is depression and anxiety?
This type of pain occurs continuously in a localized area.
What is aching?
What is stenosis?
These broad-spectrum medications were given because the patient has a wound infection, and we don't know what specific bacteria is causing it yet.
What is Vancomycin and Zosyn?
This patient's RBC, hemoglobin, and hematocrit levels were all low due to this reason.
What is loss of blood from surgery?