A patient has a wound that has tunneling. What dressing technique should the nurse use?
A) Loosely pack several large pieces of dry fluffy gauze into the tunnel.
B) Pack the area with moist squares of gauze to fill the dead space.
C) Use a continuous strip of gauze to pack the tunnel.
D) Leave the space in the tunnel open for drainage.
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