The home care client with a leg wound is unable to climb stairs to the second floor where the bathtub is located to clean and mechanically debride his wound. What is the nurse's best re-sponse?
A. "I'll show you how to use a 35-mL syringe to achieve the same effect."
B. "It is no longer necessary to clean this wound because it is not infected."
C. "You can use the kitchen sink and clean tap water for this purpose."
D. "This is an important part of your treatment, so you will have to come to the hos-pital each day for hydrotherapy."
A
Mechanical debridement can be accomplished using the forceful ejection of tap water from a 35-mL syringe.
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