Preplanning

[sweetnurse-13]

I am having some difficulty coming up with nursing interventions for my preplan on my patient. My patient is post-op day 1 s/p total shoulder replacement r/t rotator cuff arthropathy. Any ideas?

[ThatChickOmi, ADN, RN]

Usually before anybody offers any sort of input, people want to see what you've come up with first. This isn't the place if you're looking for someone to just hand you answers.

[Rionoir, ADN, RN]

Also you probably have a care plan text I’m guessing? Those practically write the care plan for you.

[Nurse.Kelsey, BSN, RN]

@sweetnurse-13 Think about the possibilites with surgery.... What kinds of things is the nurse going to look at, and help with..

[sweetnurse-13]

@ThatChickOmi I'm sorry, I wasn't aware of having to show what information I had before posting. I am still new to the website and I'm not looking for someone to hand me answers, I was just asking for ideas on things a nurse should be aware of when taking care of this type of patient so I could come up with nursing interventions. Usually, there are nursing interventions, pathophysiology, and clinical manifestations in my med-surg textbook but there were none when I looked today, I already have the pathophysiology for my preplanning from a source my clinical instructor provided. I just wanted to be sure I had the correct information instead of using google. I'm still fairly new at preplanning.

[sweetnurse-13]

@Nurse.Kelsey Thanks for the input, that helps with thinking of nursing interventions.

[amoLucia]

Think - what problems will that pt experience post-operatively? That will usually guide your care plan.

And remember, it's the PT's problem. Not yours or what someone else thinks it should be.