The nurse is caring for a client whose wound dehisces after vomiting. What is the nurse's first action?
a. Prepare the client for emergency surgery.
b. Cover the wound with sterile moist dress-ings.
c. Give the client medication for nausea.
d. Call the surgeon and the operating room.
B
The dehisced wound should be covered immediately with sterile moist dressings. Then the nurse should call the surgeon.
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