Prioritize Project

Proj Step 1: ect You are the nurse manager on a new unit that will open today.This unit has 18 rooms, 10 are private rooms and 8 are double rooms.Two of the single rooms have negative pressure (601 & 602).The list below tells you what patients are being transferred to your unit.You need to assign patients to their new rooms. In your assigned work group, complete the room assignments for these patients noting rationale for why you assign each patient to a specific room.Submit to your faculty by due date. Mr. L Diagnosis Right lobectomy – yesterday Ms. D Mr.LD Post-operative dehiscence Legionnaire’s Disease Ms.S CHF Ms. PT Cirrhosis Ms. H DM UTI CHF Ms. T Mr. A Ms. M Ms. NM Thyroidectomythis am Acute renal failure Left Mastectomy Neisseria meningitis AdditionalConsiderations Has 2 chest tubes with minimal bubbling in the water seal bottle. Orders to ambulate to door and back again today.IVLR at 125ml/hour 126/86P 84R 16T 99.2 Wound infection for MRSA.Wet to dry dressing twice daily.Self-care with assistance 130/72P 88R 20T 99.9 Reports productive cough, shortness of breath. chest pain, nausea& vomiting IV of D5W @125 ml/hour B/P 128/84, T 101.4, P 100, R 24. Zithromax 500 mg as a single dose on Day 1, followed by 250 mg once daily on Days 2 through 5 Shingles – left sided abdominal rash with open lesions.Reports pain at rash site B/P 131/94, T 99.4, P 118, R 32 Pulse oximetry86% Crackles in both bases of lung, SOB Pulmonary tuberculosis 138/88P 92R 22T 100.7 Being admitted.BS 640mg/dl IVNormal Saline 0.9% @100ml/hr Change to D5W when glucose level is down to 250-300 mg/dl. Blood sugar every 2 hours 102/72P108R 24T 98.9 To come to floor from PACU96/72P 76R 18T 97.8 continuous cycler-assisted peritoneal dialysis (CCPD) started yesterday flank pain, N&V 112/80P88R 20T 98.4 Hemovacin place to be discharge in the am 122/78P 92r 16t 97.8 IV cipro400 mg I.V. q 12 h B/P 118/94, T 101.4, P 118, R 32 O2 via nasal cannula @ 2L/m Seizure precautions