The Nurse Is in the Process of Irrigating the Wound

question 14

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 contaminated.
• D)Irrigate with clean irrigation solution only.

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