The Nurse Is in the Process of Irrigating the Wound

question 11

Multiple Choice

The nurse is in the process of irrigating the wound for a patient who has a large pressure ulcer on his buttock.How should the nurse proceed?

• A) Use irrigation pressures of less than 4 psi
• B) Cleanse in a direction from most contaminated to least contaminated
• C) Irrigate so that the solution flows from least contaminated to most
• D) Irrigate with clean irrigation solution only

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