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A pressure dressing is applied to the face and neck of a patient following an elective rhytidectomy performed in an outpatient surgical center. The patient tells the nurse that the dressing feels very restrictive and asks whether it can be loosened. When explaining the purpose of the dressing, which response by the nurse is accurate?
Epidermis
The outermost layer of cells covering an organism, notably the skin of animals or the surface layer of plants.
Chloroplasts
Organelles found in plant and algal cells where photosynthesis occurs, converting light energy into chemical energy.
Photosynthesis
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with carbon dioxide and water, generating oxygen as a byproduct.
Opaque
Not allowing light to pass through; not transparent or translucent.
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