A client is transferred to the intensive care unit after evacuation of a subdural hematoma. which nursing intervention reduces t
he client's risk of increased intracranial pressure (icp)? encouraging oral fluid intake elevating the head of the bed 90 degrees administering a stool softener as ordered suctioning the client once each shift
The nursing intervention that reduces the clients risk of increased intracranial pressure or ICP is to administer a stool softener as ordered. To avoid the client from straining at the stool that may possibly cause a Valsalva maneuver that increases intracranial pressure, the nurse must institute a regular bowel program that take account of use of a stool softener.
Older adults, particularly older white males, have the highest rate of any segment of the population (Smyer &commonly misdiagnosed or undetected in older adul
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