
The nurse is caring for patients who need wound dressings. Match the type of dressing the nurse applies to its description.
-Calcium alginate
A) Absorbs drainage through the use of exudate absorbers in the dressing
B) Very soothing to the patient and do not adhere to the wound bed
C) Barrier to external fluids/bacteria but allows wound to "breathe"
D) Manufactured from seaweed and comes in sheet and rope form
E) Oldest and most common absorbent dressing
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