Insulin daily for diabetes

PATIENT CASE STUDIES

1. A patient usually takes 20 units of 70/30 insulin daily for diabetes and is now scheduled for femoral popliteal bypass surgery.

i) What is the potential problem (Medical and nursing diagnosis)

ii) List the nursing Interventions

iii) SBAR to the provider

2. A patient has a history of aortic valve stenosis and is now scheduled for a right lung lobectomy.

i) What is the potential problem (Medical and nursing diagnosis)

ii) List the nursing Interventions

iii) SBAR to the provider

3. TWO-day post op, MQ put on her call light & tells you that she felt a popping sensation & a gush of warm fluid under her abdominal dressing. SBAR the surgeon.

4. A patient had a colon resection 4 days ago. He complains of crampy abdominal pain & asks if he can be put back on the morphine Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA). He feels bloated & is NOT passing gas or had a bowel movement. He has been taking oral narcotics around the clock. SBAR the surgeon