The home health nurse suggests to the 80-year-old woman that to reduce the pruritus from dry skin, the patient should change her bathing schedule to:

a. a hot shower every night before going to bed.
b. a cool shower every morning using a detergent soap.
c. a soak in a warm sudsy bath, leaving a film of soap on the skin.
d. one shower a week, with sponge baths in between.


ANS: D

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