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

Exercise 3

A 25-year-old patient who is a smoker is admitted to the postoperative nursing unitafter abdominal surgery.Identify the initial assessments that need to be performed.Develop a nursing plan of care for this patient that addresses care from admission tothe unit until discharge to home.How will you modify the plan if the patient needswound care after discharge?