The nurse is caring for a client with a newly applied plaster cast. How should the nurse touch and move the wet cast?
ExplanationThe nurse should touch the cast using only the palms of the hands to prevent making indentations in a wet cast. Indentations could cause irritation of the skin. Fingertips would cause indentations in the wet cast. A towel sling is not appropriate. The cast is not petalled until it has dried. It would be impossible to move the casted extremity just by touching the petalled area at the edge of the cast.
