The nurse is caring for a person with a new cast. What is appropriate teaching for care of a cast?
A) Use a wooden stick to scratch itches under the cast.
B) A plaster cast dries in 3 hours.
C) If a plaster cast gets wet, it can be dried with a blow dryer on a cool setting.
D) It is permitted to get fiberglass casts wet.
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