Nurses General Nursing
Published Jul 27, 2018
RN4hospital
1 Post
I am prepping for an interview on a gyne-surg unit. I wanted to know what are the emergency nursing actions for a post hysterectomy hemorrhage and what medication are commonly used in this circumstance?
TIA
meanmaryjean, DNP, RN
7,899 Posts
Doesn't sound like anything that would come up on an interview.
Actually - this sounds a LOT like a homework assignment. Is it?
offlabel
1,576 Posts
Post op bleeding is post op bleeding. Nothing special about post hysterectomy. Pallor, hypotension, tachycardia, fall in hct...the usual. If you wait to see if the belly gets distended with blood, you've waited too long. And don't ever do orthostatic blood pressures to try to diagnose post op bleeding.
AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P
2,577 Posts
Tell us what you think first...
CharleeFoxtrot, BSN, RN
840 Posts
Assuming this is homework. Otherwise I'd be a little worried here.