The nurse is teaching about postoperative wound care. As the wound is uncovered, the client begins mumbling, breathing rapidly, and trying to get out of bed, and the client does not respond when the nurse calls his name. Which of the following should be the nurse's first action?

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The client has severe anxiety; the priority is to lower the client's anxiety level. The first action should be to replace the dressing on the wound to decrease the client's level of anxiety and to prevent contamination of the wound before a new dressing can be applied. The other choices could be done after replacing the dressing on the wound.

The Nurse Is Teaching About Postoperative Wound Care