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

Exercise 1

A 76-year-old man is admitted to the PACU following an arthroplasty of hisright hip. He is complaining of pain and difficulty taking a deep breath. Develop anevidence-based plan of care for this patient that addresses priorities from admissionto the unit until discharge. What resources would you use to identify the current safepractice guidelines for this older patient? Identify the criteria used to evaluate thestrength of the evidence for these practices.