A Client Is Anxious About Having a Dressing Change

question 19

Multiple Choice

A client is anxious about having a dressing change.Which statement indicates that the nurse is promoting appropriate complementary therapy?

• A) "I'll call the doctor and ask for a larger dose of pain medication before the dressing change."
• B) "As we begin the next dressing change, I want you to think of a beautiful, calm place where you feel happy and peaceful."
• C) "I'll get another nurse to stay in the room with us during the dressing change so that you have a hand to hold during the procedure."
• D) "Are you familiar with acupuncture? It's a very effective technique."

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Definitions:

Trichromatic Theory

A theory of color vision that proposes humans perceive color through the relative rates of response by three kinds of cones, each one sensitive to a different color.

Hair Cells

Sensory receptors located in the cochlea that detect sound waves and transduce them into signals that ultimately are processed in the brain as sound.

Hearing

The process by which sound waves are interpreted by the brain, allowing individuals to perceive sound.

Difference Threshold

The minimum noticeable difference that an individual can detect between two stimuli 50% of the time.