title: Case study: a woman who hemorrhages 24 hours post tonsillectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This case study focused on the emergency nursing care of a 32-year-old female, less than 24 hours post operatively from a tonsillectomy. The purpose is to identify the priority nursing diagnoses, patient outcomes, and nursing interventions that guided nursing care during this emergency.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were obtained through the author's clinical practice in emergency nursing and literature sources.
  
  
  RESULTS
  NANDA International Classification, the Nursing Outcomes Classification, and the Nursing Interventions Classification were used to identify the appropriate nursing diagnosis, patient outcomes, and nursing interventions of an adult with a postoperative hemorrhage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case study provides emergency nurses and students with the pertinent nursing diagnoses, patient outcomes, and nursing interventions for persons with post-op hemorrhage after tonsillectomy.
authors.affiliation: Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York, USA. Joan.Buckley@ncc.edu
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buckley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014068:Tonsillectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*