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- It is important for nurses to make the patient feel respected and adequately cared for. The Lippincott Advisor for Education website is a great resource for nurses to be able to look up how they should perform certain procedures such as paracentesis. It gives detailed instructions on how to make the patient comfortable, which is a top priority, and how to accurately drain the fluid from the peritoneum. There is also a large amount of other information about ascites and how to help the patient with the condition on the Lippincott website. It contains expected outcomes for the condition and nursing interventions. The information can be found at http://advisor-edu.lww.com/Ina/document.do?bid=3&did=410070&hits=ascites if you have access to Lippincott.
- It can also be important to support your patient by offering them information and answers about ascites. Providing them with trusted websites and references to apps that will help them on their road to recovery can help to gain their trust and respectability as they go through the treatment process.
- An informative webpage that I would recommend to a patient with ascites would be http://www.macmillan.org.uk/information-and-support/coping/side-effects-and-symptoms/other-side-effects/ascites.html#tcm:9-46181 because it has simple language and an easy and welcoming format to read.
References:
http://advisor-edu.lww.com/lna/document.do?bid=3&did=410070&hits=ascites
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