Question

The nurse is reinforcing teaching with the caregivers of a child who has had a cast on the arm removed after the cast has been in place for six weeks. The caregiver makes the following statements. Which statement indicates an understanding of the teaching?

a) "As soon as we get home I will scrub his arm really well to remove the loose skin."
b) "I usually let him take a tub bath, but we will keep him out of warm water for a couple of days."
c ) "He loves to play outside now that the weather is nice; I will have to remind him to use sunscreen."
d) "We will be careful to not let him put his little sister's baby oil on his arm for a few weeks."

Answer 1

"He loves to play outside now that the weather is nice; I will have to remind him to use sunscreen."

Step-by-step explanation:

After a cast removal the patients skin is very soft and vulnerable to sun burns. This is the reason why most of the post cast removal care focuses on caring for the skin. Secondly, the use of the limbs is also necessary to resume its normal activity. Therefore we can guess that the nurse must be teaching about the skin care and limb activity techniques post cast removal.

In the statement stated above we can clearly find that the caregiver focuses on caring for the child's skin by reminding him to apply sunscreen and remembers to allow normal limb activity by letting him play.

So this statement indicates the understanding of the teaching.