Nursing care: Postoperative thoracotomy patient with drainage from the Virginia Henderson model
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Postoperative Care, Nursing Care, Thoracotomy, Models, NursingAbstract
The clinical case of an 81-year-old man is presented who, after wide left lung thoracotomy and drainage surgery, presented hemodynamic decompensation in the post-anesthesia recovery room. Objective: is to apply an individualized care plan that allows hemodynamic balance for the post-operative patient. Conclusions: A Care Plan with NANDA, NOC and NIC was made for the patient, applying the assessment of the Virginia Henderson model and the AREA model, prioritizing the diagnoses: Decrease in cardiac output and deterioration of gas exchange, whose final evaluation was 1.2 ,3.
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