GI – Patient THAO postoperative patient experiencing hypotension due to fluid volume deficit. Overview Lou Thao is a 43-year-old Vietnamese American male who has just been transferred from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) to the medical-surgical unit for recovery following laparoscopic sigmoid...
GI – Patient THAO
postoperative patient experiencing hypotension due to fluid volume deficit.
Overview
Lou Thao is a 43-year-old Vietnamese American male who has just been transferred from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) to the medical-surgical unit for recovery following laparoscopic sigmoid colon resection. The scenario takes place on Tuesday at 1930, at which time Lou is hypotensive and tachycardic. During this scenario, students will have the opportunity to assess and manage care for a postoperative patient experiencing hypotension due to fluid volume deficit. Your goals as nurse care giver:
Conduct a focused postoperative assessment
Provide individualized teaching
Notify provider of patient status change using SBAR
Recognize abnormal findings:
Prioritize and implement appropriate interventions:
Initiating 1000 mL normal saline IV fluid bolus per order
Recognize and promptly treating physiologic changes
Follow the 6 rights of medication administration
Evaluate patient's responses to interventions
Evaluate effectiveness of communication and teaching
Access patient data, including prior care
Document care in the electronic health record (Use Word to create nursing documentation
as you go through scenario)
Location: Inpatient, Medical-Surgical Unit
Patient name: Lou Thao
Medical record #: 7349185
Date of birth: April 17
Age: 43
Sex: Male
Admitting provider: Robert Preston, MD
Scenario start day: Day 1, Tuesday
Scenario start time: 1930
Chief complaint upon admission: Diverticulitis
Primary diagnosis: Diverticulosis with chronic diverticulitis
Secondary diagnosis: Hypothyroidism
Patient: Lou Thao Lou Thao is a 43-year-old Vietnamese American male who has just been transferred from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) to the medical-surgical unit for recovery following laparoscopic sigmoid colon resection. The scenario takes place on Tuesday at 1930. During the scenario, Lou is experiencing fluid volume deficit and has low blood pressure and an increased heart rate. He is dizzy, thirsty, and groggy. He feels scared and vulnerable. He explains his symptoms very clearly but has no idea what is going on. His wife May is at the bedside and is supportive. She voices concern regarding Lou's condition.
Patient response guide: Explain each of these developments, why they have occurred, and necessary management.
General Please call me Lou.
My birth date is April 17.
I don't have any allergies.
During initial assessmentLou is experiencing fluid volume deficit. He is also beginning to experience postoperative pain, but his primary complaints are related to fluid deficit. Until fluids are given, Lou should express worsening dizziness, thirst, and weakness.
I am dizzy and feel like I could pass out. The room is spinning around.
I feel groggy.
I am very thirsty.
I don't feel right.
Oh! I am so dizzy.
Lou's pain increases throughout the scenario.
The pain is about 6 on a 10-point scale and constant.
It hurts when I breathe deeply. It especially hurts in my lower abdomen.
My pain is getting worse. Is the anesthetic wearing off?
The nurse in the recovery area told me I would get
to use a button to give myself pain medication. Can you give me that now?
If IV fluid bolus is
initiatedWhy does he have these responses?
I feel less dizzy.
What is going on? Why did I feel so strange?
If IV fluid bolus is
NOT administeredWhy does he have these responses?
Oh! I am so light-headed! I think I'm going to faint!
Lou becomes unresponsive.
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