176. The nurse is paring postoperative nursing care plan for the client recovering from a hemorrhoidectomy. Which should the nurse implement?
A. A establish a rapport with the client to decrease embarrassment of assessing site.
B. Encourage the client to lie in the lithotomy position twice a day.
C. Milk the tube inserted during surgery to allow the passage of flatus.
D. Digitally dilate the rectal sphincter to express old blood.
Hemorrhoidectomy is the removal of hemorrhoids. It is a painful postoperatively and ideally patient has a great discomfort when assessed postoperatively
Lithotomy position is used at the time of any procedure or surgery in the perianal region
The flatus has to be natural due to bowel movements
Digital dilation will be painful and may lead to bleeding post operatively
Ans:A establish a rapport with the client to decrease embarrassment of assessing site.
176. The nurse is paring postoperative nursing care plan for the client recovering from a hemorrhoidectomy. Which shoul...