Pain Management Goals

I would begin to explain in terms that, the patient would be able to understand. I explain that, in order for the surgeon to access the heart that, there was a 5cm incision made in between the second on third rib, and then his chest muscle with divided and his third rib had been dislocated.
My top two priorities for this patient would being with discussing with the patient on what his acceptable pain management goals would be and to work closely with the patient physician and the patient to monitor the effects of the pain medication, to ensure that these goal are getting met. My next concern would be to monitor for complication of his surgery, such as, bleeding, thromboembolism, infection, heart failure, hypertension, dysrhythmias, hemolysis, and any mechanical obstruction of the value (Hinkle & Cheever, 2014). …show more content…
Hinkle, J. L., & Cheever, K. H. (2014). Chapter 28: Management of patients with structural, infectious, and inflammatory cardiac disorders. Brunner and Suddarth’s textbook of medical-surgical nursing. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams &