A hospital's wound nurse consultant made a recommendation for nurses on the unit to continue the patient's dressing changes as previously ordered.The nurses on the unit should incorporate this recommendation into the patient's plan of care by

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The wound nurse clearly recommends that nurses on the unit,not the patient,should continue dressing changes.The nurses should not make a wrong assumption that the wound nurse is doing all the dressing changes.The recommendation states for the nurses to do the dressing changes.If the nurses feel strongly about obtaining another opinion,then the physician should be contacted.No evidence in the question suggests that the patient needs a second opinion.

A Hospital's Wound Nurse Consultant Made a Recommendation for Nurses