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The nurse changing a wet to dry normal saline dressing for a patient with an ulcer on the heel finds that the old dressing is stuck to the wound bed. The nurse's most beneficial intervention would be to:

Answer Choices:

A. Moisten it with povidone iodine.

B. Pull it off using slow, steady pressure.

C. Add normal saline to loosen it. ✓ Correct Answer

D. Leave it in place and cover it with new, wet dressings.

Correct Answer:

Add normal saline to loosen it.

Rationale:

💧 When a wet-to-dry dressing sticks to the wound bed, the most beneficial intervention is to moisten it with normal saline.

💧This helps to loosen the dressing and reduce trauma to the wound tissue during removal, especially if debridement is not the immediate goal.

💧 Povidone iodine can be cytotoxic to healthy tissues and is not appropriate here.

💧 Pulling the dressing off dry can cause tissue damage and pain.

💧 Covering the old dressing with a new one does not address the problem of the stuck dressing and could increase infection risk.

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The nurse changing a wet to dry normal saline dressing for a patient with an ulcer on the heel finds that the old dressing is stuck to the wound bed. The nurse's most beneficial intervention would be to:

Correct Answer:

Rationale:

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The nurse changing a wet to dry normal saline dressing for a patient with an ulcer on the heel finds that the old dressing is stuck to the wound bed. The nurse's most beneficial intervention would be to:

Correct Answer:

Rationale:

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The nurse is performing a dry sterile dressing change for an abdominal wound. The nurse should use a swab to clean:

A nurse is collecting data on a client who has a stage 1 pressure injury. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

When preparing to change a sterile dressing over an incision, it is most important to remember to:

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