Exam 8: Heat and Cold Therapy

The nurse is instructing the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)to apply a warm compress to the client's knee.Which statement made by the UAP would indicate that further instruction should be given?

The nurse is preparing an ice bag to apply to the client's sprained left ankle.How will the nurse fill the bag?

The nurse applies an aquathermia heat pack to the client's right leg and removes it after no more than 45 minutes.What is the nurse trying to avoid by completing this action?

The client calls the nurse into the room and says that the heat pack the nurse applied feels cold,and asks the nurse to turn the heat up on the aquathermia unit.Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

The nurse applies a warm moist compress to the client's left wrist.Which item would the nurse exclude from the documentation of the intervention for this client?

The nurse recognizes that which of the following items affect the client's physiological tolerance to heat and cold?

Which is the most effective way for the nurse to apply an appliance such as a hot water bottle or disposable hot pack to a client?

The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with osteoarthritis.Which intervention will the nurse advise the client to do in order to reduce discomfort?

The nurse applies a heat pack to the leg of an older adult diabetic client and finds first- and second-degree burns when the pack is discontinued.Place the nurse's priority actions in the proper order of performance.

The health care provider has ordered heat packs to the lower back of a client with chronic lower back muscle strain.Which nursing intervention has the greatest priority for this client?

Many conditions can increase the risk for injury from heat applications.Which clients would be at the greatest risk for injury?

The nurse receives a call from a client who reports a deep,long cut to the left hand sustained while slicing a bagel and asks the nurse what to do.Which action will the nurse direct the client to take?

The nurse is going to apply a cold compress to a client's lower forearm.What nursing intervention would be indicated?

The nurse is applying an aquathermia pad to a client complaining of arthritic pain in the right knee.Which filler is appropriate for this unit?

The nurse is applying a warm moist compress to the client's right calf.Prior to putting the compress in place,which action by the nurse is the most appropriate?

The nurse may safely delegate which activity to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

While applying a warm wet soak to the client's left leg,the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)notes a small burn on the inside of the calf.The UAP informs the RN.Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

The nurse is providing care to several clients on a medical-surgical unit.Which clients would benefit from the application of heat?

The nurse is preparing a hot water bottle for application to an unconscious client with thrombophlebitis in the right leg.Which temperature of the water in the bottle is appropriate for this client?