The patient with tears of the right medial meniscus asks the nurse about the use of therapeutic massage. Which response by the nurse is appropriate?

“Therapeutic massage could possibly help your condition as it improves mobility and circulation.”. Therapeutic massage is a non-pharmacologic comfort intervention that improves muscle tone and circulation, so it could be of some benefit to this patient’s condition. It is inappropriate to say that therapeutic massage would be of no benefit or to guarantee that it would make the patient feel better or improve. It is also untrue to say that therapeutic massage is only useful for patients with muscle pain and wouldn’t be of any benefit to meniscal or ligament tears.

The patient with tears of the right medial meniscus asks the nurs...

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Difficulty: 4

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