Nursing Interventions for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
September 6, 2010 | In: Nursing Interventions
Nursing Interventions: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Administer mild analgesics as needed.
- Encourage the patient to express her concerns.
- Have her perform as much self-care, as her immobility and pain allow.
- Provide her adequate time to perform these activities at her own pace.
- Monitor the effectiveness of analgesics and other forms of therapy used to relieve the patient’s discomfort.
- Regularly assess the patient’s degree of physical mobility.
- Teach the patient how to apply splint. Advise her not to make it too tight.
- Show her how to remove splint to perform gentle range-of-motion exercises.
- Advise the patient to occasionally exercise her hands in warm water.
- If the patient is using a sling, tell her to move it several times a day to exercise her elbow and shoulder.
- Review prescribed medication regimen. Emphasize that drug therapy may require 2 to 4 weeks before maximum effect is achieved.