After surgery to repair a retinal detachment, an older adult client is transferred to the postanesthesia care unit with the affected eye patched. during the first four hours after surgery, the nurse should plan to notify the primary healthcare provider if the client reports which information? has not voided cannot open the eye cannot remember the date has sharp pain in the affected eye

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Kenyon Oconnell

24 July, 18:31

After surgery to repair a retinal detachment, an older adult client is transferred to the postanesthesia care unit with the affected eye patched. during the first four hours after surgery, the nurse should plan to notify the primary healthcare provider if the client reports which information? has not voided cannot open the eye cannot remember the date has sharp pain in the affected eye

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Turner Neal · Answer 1

Patients who undergo retinal detachment repair are not required to spend the night in a hospital. He or she may need to stay in the postanesthesia care unit for a few hours to recover from the surgery. The nurse must call your physician if you report stabbing pain on the operated eye.