While giving a bed bath, the nursing assistant accidentally gets a patient's abdominal dressing wet. What should the nursing assistant do?
A. Put a dry dressing over the wet one.
B. Change the dressing.
C. Say nothing, because the dressing will dry soon.
D. Notify the supervising nurse.
Answer: D
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