Published Oct 1, 2006
lfinny
7 Posts
Wow! I wish I would have found this site sooner. I could have saved me a lot of headaches. I'm working on a GI case study that is due on monday. The books and materials that I have are not helping me with this question.
Discuss client care and monitoring after a colonoscopy. Include client assessment, diet, activity, potential complications, and discharge instructions.
any help is appreciated
thank you
augigi, CNS
1,366 Posts
This site has some general info about preparation and complications:
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2966.htm
http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=digestiv/5496
http://www.brown.edu/Research/ICHP/Modules/Mod6CRCScr/Teachingmats/Handout4ColonInfo.doc
http://unthsc-dl.slis.ua.edu/patientinfo/gastroenterology/procedures/colonoscopy.htm
http://www.gicare.com/pated/epdgs19.htm
This really should be in your nursing textbooks though. For the nursing care, you just need to check out the possible complications and think about how you could avoid them. Part of nursing school is knowing where to access the information you need. At the very least, you could try the internet - I found about 841 results for "colonoscopy, health professional" by searching google.
Thank you, I did look in my med-surg book and there wasnt anything in there about it. My sylabus only had a blurb and no information that was needed. I then did a google search and that was how I came across this site. I'm not sure if I put in to much info for the search, but the results were overwhealming and I wasn't finding what I was looking for. Most of the information I was finding was related to the patients and not for nurses.
Thank you again, I'm on my way to check out these sites.
Daytonite, BSN, RN
1 Article; 14,604 Posts
hi, lfinny!
the test reference that i have makes these suggestions for the nursing care after the colonoscopy. i am paraphrasing:
discharge instructions to the patient should include:
my doctor had me call back in a week for the biopsy results.
i pulled the discharge instructions my mother got when she had her colonoscopy 4 months ago. and this is what they say (paraphrased):
hope you find that helpful. welcome to allnurses! :welcome:
excellent. thank you. this is what i was looking for