I am doing research on my geriatric patient pt. had right knee replacement

[2bLPNhoneybee]

I am doing research on medical diagnosis - have found the etiology, pathophysiology, but I cannot find mannifestations or nursing care can someone please help me?

I will keep searching but fear I will find a dead end:uhoh21:

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

the medical term for a knee replacement is a knee arthroplasty. it is very unlikely that you will find nursing interventions for it on the internet. you need to extrapolate the nursing interventions from what you learn about the surgery and aftercare on consumer websites.

• http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/fi-la/knee-replacement.html
  
• you may find a care plan for a knee arthroplasty on this website: http://www.pana.org/ - generic care plans for all kinds of surgeries - to access the care plan bank, click on the "student activities" link at the left side of the home page. when the pana student resources page comes up, scroll down and click on the "care plan bank" link. these are intraoperative care plans.
  
• http://medlineplus.gov/ - type "knee arthroplasty" in the search box and all kinds of informational links come up. this is consumer education, but it is not that difficult to figure out the matching nursing care.
  
• http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/menus/arthroplasty.cfm
  • http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00357&return_link=0 - "activities after a knee replacement" from the american academy of orthopaedic surgeons. there are more links on the left side of the page.