The nurse is preparing to perform a wet-to-dry dressing change for a patient with infected leg burns.Which action is appropriate for this type of dressing change?
A) Administer the ordered as-needed oral opioid 30 minutes before the dressing change.
B) Pour sterile saline onto the new dry dressings after the wound has been packed.
C) Soak the old dressings with sterile saline a few minutes before removing them.
D) Spread Silverderm ointment into the wound before repacking with moist dressings.
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