A 5-Year-Old Child Is Brought to the Urgent Care Center

A 5-year-old child is brought to the urgent care center for treatment of a bite. The nurse asks what happened, and the parent explains that the child disturbed their pet cat while it was sleeping. The cat was started and bit the child. Which intervention should the nurse perform first?

A) Question the mother about the cat's rabies vaccination status.
B) Wash the wound with large amounts of sterile saline under pressure.
C) Apply a butterfly adhesive dressing.
D) Determine when the child last received a tetanus immunization.