The nurse is caring for a patient who sustained a head injury and is unresponsive to painful stimuli.Which intervention is most appropriate while bathing the patient?

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Although unconscious,many patients can hear,understand,and respond to stimuli.Therefore,it is important to converse with the patient and reorient her to the environment.Some,but not all,family members may want to get involved in direct care; it is not known if this individual is a willing participant,and talking about who's who in the family is inappropriate while providing direct care to the patient.Although the patient is unconscious,communication and simple conversations remain important interventions.Use of the television to provide sensory input that the patient regularly enjoys is a nursing intervention,but turning on the news for the sake of the nurse is not appropriate.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Sustained a Head