Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle

Exercise 2

A morbidly obese 55-year-old man with a history of high blood pressure whotakes insulin, antihypertensive medication, aspirin, and several herbal supplementsdaily is scheduled for laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. What resources would youuse to identify evidence-based practices for prevention of complications during theperioperative period? Identify the evidence, as well as the criteria used to evaluatethe strength of the evidence, for the practices identified.3 A patient is admitted to an outpatient surgery unit and claims an allergy to latex.What further assessment data are indicated to establish the extent of the latexallergy? How will you communicate this information to other team members?Describe how this patient's care will be affected in the perioperative area.