urgent question..please help!!

[futurenurse85]

hello. im a nursing student and doing clinicals right now. im working on my care plan at the moment and am having a hard time with one part. theres a part that says "list potentional inquiry or research questions you found regarding care of your patient".

little background info: my patient is in the hospital for an open wound knee infection from total knee replacement surgery. she has a skin graft donor site on her left thigh. her infected knee is being mobilized in an immobilizer. she is also a katrine evacuee.

for some reason my brain is not functioning anymore and i cannot think of any good questions to list. i would really appreciate it if anyone could give me a little nudge or something to help me out. thank you so much in advance!!

[jamonit]

do they want nursing diagnoses? or just in general what are her complications?

expand for me, and i'll help ya.

[moongirl]

iquiry questions? Like what is in her H&P that led to the surgery to begin with? how did it become infected, is she unable to care for a wound..

does she live alone now, and where?

research- on the infection, graft?

that type of stuff?

[neneRN, BSN, RN]

Research or inquiry questions would be issues noted with this patient that have the potential for improvement or review of practice to find the best/improved practice...let's see, like how does stress (Katrina evacuee) affect the healing process? Look at what is being done for the patient, is it evidence/research based? Whatever dressings are being utilized...is changing drsgs daily better than q 2 days? Is moist drsg better than dry? How does knee immobilization affect wound healing? I would do an online search for journal articles related to wound healing/knee surgery and see what has been researched; this may give you some ideas of research questions relevant to your pt.