Orthopedic surgery
Recall Lucas, the 14-year-old at the beginning of the chapter who is to have orthopedic surgery for a slipped capital femoral epiphysis (see Chapter 29 ). He will go home the same day of surgery. Lucas received a dose of IV morphine in the postanesthesia unit at 10 a.m. He has an order for a repeat dose at 2 p.m., prior to discharge. He will be sent home with acetaminophen with codeine for pain every 3 to 4 hours.
- What are the most appropriate pain assessment tools for See Lucas to use to report his level of pain to the nurse?
- What complementary pain therapies are of value for Lucas’s condition and age?
- Lucas weighs 52 kg. What is the appropriate dose of morphine for Lucas and the calculated volume (concentration of 2 mg per mL) to be administered?
4 Describe the important nursing assessments for Lucas fol lowing morphine administration?
- Develop a teaching plan for Lucas’s home pain manage- ment and expected medication side effects.?
