The Nurse Has Applied an Occlusive Dressing to a Stage

question 11

Multiple Choice

The nurse has applied an occlusive dressing to a stage 1 pressure injury and knows that this type of dressing assists in debridement of the wound in which way?

• A)It mechanically debrides the wound.
• B)Enzymes are applied to the wound to remove necrotic tissue.
• C)The dressing maintains a moist environment that uses the body's own enzymes.
• D)The dressing dries the injury environment,which encourages sloughing of the injured tissue.

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