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A 67-Year-Old Woman Had Major Abdominal Surgery Yesterday

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A 67-year-old woman had major abdominal surgery yesterday. She has IV lines, a urinary catheter, and an abdominal wound dressing, and she is receiving PRN pain medication. The end of shift report that best conveys the patient status is:

A 67-year-old woman had major abdominal surgery yesterday. She has IV lines, a urinary catheter, and an abdominal wound dressing, and she is receiving PRN pain medication. The end of shift report that best conveys the patient status is:


A) "Doing great, was up in the chair most of the day. No complaints of pain or discomfort. Voiding adequately."
B) "Abdominal surgery yesterday, dressing is dry and intact, her IVs are on time and she's had pain meds twice. Vital signs stable."
C) "Abdominal dressing dry, IVs-800 mL left in #6; NS running at 125 mL/hr; urine output 800 mL this shift; had morphine 15 mg for pain at 8:00 AM and at 1:30 PM. She's comfortable now. Vital signs are stable, no fever."
D) "Unchanged since this morning. She wanted to know how soon she can have something to eat, so maybe you could check with her doctor this evening. Her husband has been visiting all day and will let you know if she needs anything."

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