A nurse is caring for an older-adult patient on bed rest with potential sensory deprivation. Which action will the nurse take?

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Comfort measures such as washing the face and hands and providing back rubs improve the quality of stimulation and lessen the chance of sensory deprivation. The patient with sensory deprivation needs meaningful stimuli, and therapeutic massage helps establish a humanistic relationship that the patient is missing. All of the other options do not promote patient-nurse interaction and promote further social isolation.

A Nurse Is Caring for an Older-Adult Patient on Bed