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concept in nursing 2

Venous Thromboembolism: Assessment of Risk Factors (Perioperative)

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A patient is scheduled for a left hip pinning. Should VTE prophylaxis be ordered for this patient? Yes, the patient has a fractured left hip.
Why is assessing for VTE risk factors during the preoperative assessment important? Risk factors help determine whether the patient requires prolonged VTE prophylaxis.
A 6-year-old patient is scheduled for emergency surgery. The anesthesia provider plans on placing a central venous catheter because of a lack of peripheral line access. Which of these statements is true regarding this patient? The patient is at an increased risk for developing postoperative VTE.
The Virchow triad consists of which three risk factors? Venous stasis, vessel wall injury or dysfunction, and hypercoagulability
A patient is placed at an increased risk of developing VTE because the preoperative assessment was not performed appropriately, some risk factors were not assessed, and the patient did not receive VTE prophylaxis. --
During the preoperative assessment, what should be specifically assessed to determine a patient’s risk of developing VTE? Age, primary medical diagnosis, and health history
Which statement is true regarding age and the risk for VTE? For each decade of life after age 40, the risk for VTE doubles.
When does the process of assessing patients for VTE begin? Preoperatively, while assessing the patient’s health history
When positioning a patient for surgery, which of these actions increases the chance of DVT formation? Flexion of a joint
The unscrubbed perioperative team member is preparing the operating room suite for a patient’s procedure. For what age pediatric patient would the team member obtain sequential compression devices for the prevention of VTE?v A 16-year-old patient
When teaching the patient and family about the prevention of DVT at home after surgery, what are some of the facts they should know? Avoid constrictive clothing to lower extremities, ambulate, and sit with the legs elevated.
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