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The Charge Nurse Observes a New Graduate Performing a Dressing

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The charge nurse observes a new graduate performing a dressing change on a client with a stage 2 left heel pressure injury. Which of the following actions by the new graduate indicates a need for further education about pressure injury care?

The charge nurse observes a new graduate performing a dressing change on a client with a stage 2 left heel pressure injury. Which of the following actions by the new graduate indicates a need for further education about pressure injury care?


A) Uses a hydrocolloid dressing (DuoDerm) to cover the injury.
B) Inserts a sterile cotton-tipped applicator into the pressure injury.
C) Irrigates the pressure injury with a 30-mL syringe using sterile saline.
D) Cleans the injury with a sterile dressing soaked in half-strength hydrogen peroxide.

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