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PROCEDURE CHECKLIST 21
HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND NURSING PRACTICE
Nursing Intervention for Heat and Cold Therapies: Cold Compress
NO. PROCEDURE Remarks
1. Prepare equipment and take to patient’s room.
2. Greet patient and Introduce self.
3. Explain purpose of procedure. Provide privacy
4. Perform hand washing
5. Immerse all flannels in water and squeeze lightly.
6. Place 1 flannel on forehead
7. Change flannels at forehead
8. Minimize procedure to 20 minutes duration
Check patient’s temperature after 20 minutes
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and document.
10. Clear equipment. Perform hand washing.
11. Documentation and reporting
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