Which does the nurse implement to apply a moist-to-dry dressing?
1. Apply dry absorbent outer dressing.
2. Pack flat gauze into the wound bed.
3. Soak wound packing with antiseptic.
4. Moisten old dressing before removal.
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1. The nurse applies a dry secondary dressing over the wound for protection and in-fection control, and to contain the moist packing.
2. The nurse squeezes excess moisture from the fine mesh gauze and packs the wound with the gauze compressed from squeezing to facilitate drainage and debris collection.
3. The gauze used for packing is soaked with sterile saline solution or another isotonic solution.
4. To facilitate debridement, the nurse removes the old dressing without premoistu-rizing.
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