Exam 6: Positioning the Patient for Surgery

A frail and thin 91-lb,83-year-old woman is scheduled for a right pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer.She will be positioned in left lateral position for her procedure.Based on the perioperative nurse's preoperative assessment,identify three position-related nursing diagnoses for this procedure.

While tucking the arms at the sides of the patient in supine position offers comfort,safety,and easy access to the patient by the scrubbed team,improper positioning,and securing of the arms can result in significant injury.Injury can be avoided by tucking the draw sheet ________ the arm and under the _________.

The lateral kidney position allows approach to the retroperitoneal area of the flank.To render the kidney region readily accessible,the _______________ is raised,and the bed flexed so that the area between the twelfth rib and the iliac crest is elevated.Compression of the ____________ can occur when the flank is raised too high.