A Client Has a Wound Infection to the Right Arm

question 12

Multiple Choice

A client has a wound infection to the right arm.What comfort measure can the nurse delegate to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) ?

• A) Elevate the arm above the level of the heart.
• B) Order a fan to help cool the client if feverish.
• C) Place cool, wet cloths on top of the wound.
• D) Take the client's temperature every 4 hours.

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Definitions:

Sensory Receptors

Highly specialized cells in the sense organs that detect and respond to one type of sensory stimulus—light, sound, or odor, for example—and transduce (convert) the stimuli into neural impulses.

Stimulus

A stimulus is any event or situation that evokes a response from an organism.

Sensation

The process of detecting physical stimuli from the environment and converting them into neural signals that the brain can interpret.

Threshold

The point of intensity at which a stimulus becomes detectable to an individual or evokes a response.