Saturday, February 18, 2012
YOUR WEEKEND NCLEX TIP After hip replacement surgery, the patient should avoid these three positions until fully recovered: Bending more than 90 degrees at the waist (for example, bending over to pick something up) Internally rotating the leg Adducting the legs (including crossing one’s legs) The device seen above helps to prevent the latter two positions from occurring during sleep

YOUR WEEKEND NCLEX TIP

After hip replacement surgery, the patient should avoid these three positions until fully recovered:

  • Bending more than 90 degrees at the waist (for example, bending over to pick something up)
  • Internally rotating the leg
  • Adducting the legs (including crossing one’s legs)

The device seen above helps to prevent the latter two positions from occurring during sleep

Posted at 7:35 PM 21 notes Tags: nursing orthopedics hip replacement nclex nursing boards

Notes

  1. xi3love reblogged this from inhale-exhale-just-breathe
  2. inhale-exhale-just-breathe reblogged this from novicenurse and added:
    yeah, well something the nursing books don’t tell you. The patients FREAKING HATE THIS ABDUCTOR PILLOW. I have had 4 hip...
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  4. her365days said: this reminder could not have come at a better time . starting my ortho rotation in a week!
  5. wickedconfidence reblogged this from novicenurse and added:
    Believe me, you want to always double check that your S/P THR patients have their abductor pillows in place. I saw a...
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