A patient with a deep partial thickness burn is prescribed wet to dry gauze dressings.Which type of debridement is the nurse performing with this dressing?

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Mechanical debridement can involve the use of scissors and forceps to manually excise loose nonviable tissue,or the use of wet-to-moist or wet-to-dry fine-mesh gauze dressings.A.Surgical debridement is the excision of full-thickness and deep partial-thickness burns.B.Chemical debridement involves the use of a proteolytic enzymatic debriding agent that digests necrotic tissue.D.An escharotomy is a linear excision through the eschar to the superficial fat that allows for expansion of the skin and return of blood flow or chest expansion.

A Patient with a Deep Partial Thickness Burn Is Prescribed