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Case study: a woman who hemorrhages 24 hours post tonsillectomy
1Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York, USA. Joan.Buckley@ncc.edu
Purpose:
This case study focused on the emergency nursing care of a 32-year-old female, less than 24 hours post operatively from a tonsillectomy. The purpose is to identify the priority nursing diagnoses, patient outcomes, and nursing interventions that guided nursing care during this emergency.
Data Sources:
Data were obtained through the author's clinical practice in emergency nursing and literature sources.
Data Synthesis:
NANDA International Classification, the Nursing Outcomes Classification, and the Nursing Interventions Classification were used to identify the appropriate nursing diagnosis, patient outcomes, and nursing interventions of an adult with a postoperative hemorrhage.
Conclusions:
This case study provides emergency nurses and students with the pertinent nursing diagnoses, patient outcomes, and nursing interventions for persons with post-op hemorrhage after tonsillectomy.
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