The Appropriate Nursing Intervention to Relieve the Symptom of Pruritus

question 2

Multiple Choice

The appropriate nursing intervention to relieve the symptom of pruritus in a patient with Hodgkin's disease would be to

• A) decrease fluid intake to decrease fluid retention in the interstitial area.
• B) soothing bath with prescribed antipruritic medication.
• C) give a hot bath to decrease pruritus.
• D) apply warm, moist packs to the pruritic area.

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Definitions:

Axon

The long, slender projection of a neuron that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body towards other neurons or muscles.

Nodes of Ranvier

Gaps in the myelin sheath along a nerve fiber, where the axonal membrane is exposed to the extracellular space, facilitating rapid signal transmission.

Myelinated Axons

Axons that are covered with myelin, a fatty substance that speeds up the transmission of nerve impulses.

Posterior Root Ganglion

A cluster of nerve cell bodies (neurons) located in the dorsal root of the spinal nerve, involved in transmitting sensory information to the central nervous system.