Mildred Weiman is an 85-year-old female with a history of R hip osteoarthritis, HT, sleep apnea, and type 2 DM. She had an anterior approach total hip replacement four days ago. She was supposed to go home on post-op day two but has struggled with mobility & post-op pain.Her pain is now under control. She had Tylenol #3 two tablets po an hour ago, which brought her pain down to 1/10. The dressing on her right hip is clean, dry, and intact. She has bilateral sequential compression devices but says they are uncomfortable & keeps taking them off.The plan for today is for discharge home.Her surgeon will be in this morning to write her discharge orders & her daughter should be here any minute to prepare to take her home. She is alert and oriented x 3, pleasant & talkative. Her last vital signs were: BP: 138/90 HR: 88 RR: 18 T: 97.2SpOz: 97% RA.Suddenly, an hour later, Mildred becomes restless with complaints of pain in her right calf, rated as 4/10; sharp. Her right calf is reddened and swollen. Her right hip pain is 2/10. Her daughter enters the room and is very concerned and anxious about this new onset of pain.In grade 8 lay language, please explain in point form what a teaching priority would be for MW and her daughter (1 point), including a teaching goal (1 point), teaching content to be discussed (2 points), teaching resources, aids, and strategies needed for two identified teaching actions (3 points) and two evaluation strategies to determine if learning has occurred. (2 points).Please include at least two references and cite them below in APA format (2 points).
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