The appropriate nursing intervention to relieve the symptom of pruritus in a patient with Hodgkin's disease would be to
a. decrease fluid intake to decrease fluid retention in the interstitial area.
b. soothing bath with prescribed antipruritic medication.
c. give a hot bath to decrease pruritus.
d. apply warm, moist packs to the pruritic area.
B
Soothing baths with an antipruritic medication (as ordered) can be effective. Warmth and heat increase pruritus.
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