Acute Nursing

John has returned to your ward after having his total knee replacement surgery and you are the nurse taking over his post-operative cares.

1. Choose ONE of the topics listed below – Post op respiratory infection OR Post op deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
2. Search the literature for at least 10 recent [less than five years old] research journal articles or systematic review papers related to the topic you have selected.
3. Write an essay of 1500 words in length in response to the following essay criteria.
4. Use current evidence to support your discussion on the topic.
5. Refer to the marking criteria to see how many marks are allocated to each section

   and to get further information on the assignment structure.

6. Use the APA 6 Referencing style and the School’s assignment formatting guidelines