Question

a client who is 24 hours post op from laparoscopic cholecystectomy calls the nurse and reports pain in the right shoulder. how should the nurse respond to the client's report of symptoms?

Answer 1

The correct course of action for the nurse is to place a heating pad on your shoulder for 15 minutes each hour.

After a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the carbon dioxide that was used to insufflate the abdominal cavity may seep into the right shoulder. Every hour or as instructed by the nurse, the patient's shoulder should be heated for 15 to 20 minutes. Only a doctor should give a patient analgesic drugs; nurses shouldn't. The client does not need to visit the emergency department because the issue is not urgent.

Because this is not a problem connected to an accident, the client does not need to place their shoulder in a sling. The gallbladder is typically removed during a cholecystectomy by inserting a small video camera and specialist surgical tools through four tiny abdominal incisions. The name of this procedure is a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. On rare occasions, the gallbladder is removed via a single, sizable incision.

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