A nurse is aware that a patient is at increased risk for falling due to orthostatic hypotension. This risk contravenes the use of which method of heat therapy?

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A sitz bath involves the patient sitting in a shallow basin of warm water, which can increase the risk of orthostatic hypotension and therefore falls. The other options, warming blanket, aquathermia pad, and warm soaks, do not pose a significant risk for falls due to orthostatic hypotension.

A Nurse Is Aware That a Patient Is at Increased