Lefort Colpocleisis Teaching Plan
Teaching Plan for the Patient with LeFort Colpocleisis
Addressing the learning needs of patients is a major responsibility for nurses. Through teaching plans, nurses can help patients and their families have a safe experience and prevent possible complications. Each patient needs an individualized and comprehensive teaching plan. Nurses must anticipate goals and barriers, identify the subjects they will teach, the methods they will use to teach, and assess their readiness to learn. In addition, nurses should reflect on the effectiveness of their teaching plan to determine if the desired goal was met. Educating clients can improve their quality of life. According to Berman, Synder, and Frandsen (2016), “the goal is to assist the client to achieve the most optimal health status possible” (p.865).
The teaching plan will be focused around a 78-year-old female with complete uterine prolapse and urinary incontinence was admitted to the hospital. Her husband helps with clean intermittent catheterization. She was presented to the hospital on 2/28/17 preoperative for LeFort Colpocleisis (LFC). Aside from health issues, she suffers from atrophic vaginitis, asthma with COPD, and osteoarthritis. LeFort …show more content…
In order to reduce the risk of infection at the wound site, the nurse will teach the patient signs and symptoms of infection. The nurse should enforce that once the patient is discharged from the hospital, it is essential to contact their physician if they experience a fever greater than 100.4 F, increasing or severe pain, vaginal bleeding greater than 1 pad an hour, redness, swelling or any leakage from the incision as this can indicate an infection (Greenleaf, 2012, p.8). According to Greenleaf (2012), There is nothing the patient needs to put on their incision, but it is important to keep the site clean and dry (p.4). To clean the site, she may be instructed to use mild soap and
Addressing the learning needs of patients is a major responsibility for nurses. Through teaching plans, nurses can help patients and their families have a safe experience and prevent possible complications. Each patient needs an individualized and comprehensive teaching plan. Nurses must anticipate goals and barriers, identify the subjects they will teach, the methods they will use to teach, and assess their readiness to learn. In addition, nurses should reflect on the effectiveness of their teaching plan to determine if the desired goal was met. Educating clients can improve their quality of life. According to Berman, Synder, and Frandsen (2016), “the goal is to assist the client to achieve the most optimal health status possible” (p.865).
The teaching plan will be focused around a 78-year-old female with complete uterine prolapse and urinary incontinence was admitted to the hospital. Her husband helps with clean intermittent catheterization. She was presented to the hospital on 2/28/17 preoperative for LeFort Colpocleisis (LFC). Aside from health issues, she suffers from atrophic vaginitis, asthma with COPD, and osteoarthritis. LeFort …show more content…
In order to reduce the risk of infection at the wound site, the nurse will teach the patient signs and symptoms of infection. The nurse should enforce that once the patient is discharged from the hospital, it is essential to contact their physician if they experience a fever greater than 100.4 F, increasing or severe pain, vaginal bleeding greater than 1 pad an hour, redness, swelling or any leakage from the incision as this can indicate an infection (Greenleaf, 2012, p.8). According to Greenleaf (2012), There is nothing the patient needs to put on their incision, but it is important to keep the site clean and dry (p.4). To clean the site, she may be instructed to use mild soap and