Nursing Care Priorities for Post-Surgical Recovery of a Patient with Total Knee Replacement

This paper focuses on the post-surgical recovery of a patient with total knee replacement surgery. It highlights the nursing care priorities during the first 24 hours after surgery, pathophysiology underlying smoking, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in delaying the post-surgical recovery, and discharge planning for the patient.