Q1. Identify (8) eight important assessments and/or forms you should perform and/or fill out as part of the admission.  (This is to exclude name, age, and address.) 100 to 150 words

Q2. Discuss the cultural and religious considerations that may be relevant when caring for Mrs Akimoto. 100 – 150 words


Q3. In your health assessment of Mrs Akimoto, name four (4) physiological things do you need to assess  for each of the following areas: 100 to 150words

A.    Respiration

B.    Pulse

C.    Neurological status


Q4.  Identify four (4) hazards/risks in the operating theatre to the patient and/or staff.  50 to 100 words






Q5. What are 2 common types of skin prep use in surgery?

          
Mrs Akimoto has an uneventful operation and recovery in PACU. She returns to your ward.


Q6. List 10 observations / assessments / information you need to receive during handover from the PACU nursing staff on Mrs Akimoto’s return to the ward. (excludes Vital Obs).
100 to 150 words

Post operative orders/presentation:

Obs, 8/24 IVT,  PCA (Morphine 1mg per ml), 4/24 BSL’s, IDC on hourly burette measures, Bellovac x 2 on free drainage, IVABs, check XR and Hb in am, SCUDS and Charnley pillow insitu.  She also has a wound site and 2 drainage site dressings, dry and intact.


            Q7. 150 to 200 words.
A.    What is the regime for general post-op vital signs?
B.    What are 10 observations that would be required for Mrs Akimoto’s management other than vital signs?
C.    Give a rationale for each of the 10 observation identified.


Q8. After settling Mrs Akimoto into her room, on the second set of observations she starts complaining of severe pain at the wound site.

A.    Identify and give a rational for four (4) possible effects of untreated pain on her body related to recovery. 80 to 100 wor