#87: The Five Ws of Post-Op Fever

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🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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When taking care of patients in the post-operative period, you’re going to be watching them closely for any signs of complications...including a fever. In this podcast episode, we’ll talk about “The Five Ws” of post-op fever...wind, water, walking, wound and wonder drugs. What’s all this mean? Pop in your ear buds and find out! ___________________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Med Surg Solution - Are you looking for a more effective way to learn Med Surg? Enroll in Med Surg Solution and get lessons on 57 key topics and out-of-this-world study guides. Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! Clinical Success Pack - One of the best ways to fast-track your clinical learning is having the right tools. This pack includes report sheets, sheets to help you plan your day, a clinical debrief form, and a patient safety cheat sheet. 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.7	Today is episode 87, and we will be talking about the five W's of Post-op fever. So before we hop into that, let's take a quick moment for a
0:58.1	listener shout out. Today we are shouting out to Madeline. Hey Madeline!
1:03.6	And Madeline wrote,
1:04.6	Straight Day Nursing has helped me understand concepts
1:07.7	in 30 minutes that my teacher couldn't in the classroom.
1:12.0	I will be using this all through my nursing school and
1:14.8	career. Madeline, thank you so much for taking the time to rate and review and
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1:37.6	my team.
1:39.1	And it just makes me so happy to know that I'm helping you because that is the whole point of all of this.
1:46.0	Okay, so today we're talking about post-operative fevers.
1:56.3	So when you're in clinical and you're taking care of post-op patients or you're working on your care plans for post-op patient or you're
2:01.8	even taking an exam and it is talking through a scenario
2:06.4	about a post-operative patient. One of the things that's always going to be top of
2:11.0	mind is that you're going to be watching them for any signs
2:15.3	that they're having a potential complication. And sometimes the
2:19.3	complications are really subtle and sometimes they're a little bit more obvious,
2:24.4	but regardless, the body is really good at giving you clues.
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