Question

A middle-aged patient visits the healthcare facility with complaints of acute pain in the lower right abdomen that increases in severity upon palpation. After a thorough nursing assessment, the physician diagnoses that the patient has an acute appendicitis, and an appendectomy is performed. After 2 days at the facility, the patient meets the discharge criteria. The physician asks the nurse to prepare a postoperative discharge plan for the patient.

1.What routines should the nurse keep in mind when creating a discharge plan for the patient?

2.What should the nurse cover in the discharge plan for the patient?

3.What alternative measures can this patient use for pain management?

Answer 1

1)The following points the nurse should keep in mind when creating a discharge plan for patient

• To check out for the follow up or review with the surgeon
• availability and arrangement of medication

2)The following things to be covered in discharge plan

• Eat a bland diet (mashed potato,plain toast,rice,shallow fat milk,low fat yoghurt,avoid too much oily and spicy food,pudding,banana)
• No alcohol
• No smoking or drugs unprescribed
• Adequate water
• fibre rich food to prevent constipation
• Report if pain,redness,swelling,oozing or discharge ,fever ,nausea ,vomitting,diarrhea,constipationimmediately to the provider
• No lifting of weight
• No strenuous exercises
• Avoid driving during medication
• Wear cotton loose clothes
• health educate

3)The alternative to relieve pain are

• Relaxation therapy
• Avoid strenuous activities