Which nursing action will be included when the nurse is doing a wet-to-dry dressing change for a patient's stage III sacral pressure ulcer?
A) Administer the ordered PRN oral opioid 30 minutes before the dressing change.
B) Soak the old dressings with sterile saline a few minutes before removing them.
C) Pour sterile saline onto the new dry dressings after the wound has been packed.
D) Apply antimicrobial ointment before repacking the wound with moist dressings.
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