The patient is going to receive a skin grafting using a homograft. The nurse realizes that the purpose of this graft is to
1. reduce the need for wound care.
2. keep the wound bed dry.
3. test the receptivity of a wound to autografting.
4. evaluate if the wound will become infected.
3
Rationale: Biological dressings obtained from humans are called homografts. These grafts are used to cover clean, superficial partial-thickness burns; maintain a moist wound environment; protect the ungrafted wound; and test the receptivity of a wound to autografting. A homograft will not reduce the need for wound care. It will keep the wound bed moist and not dry. Homografts also will not evaluate if the wound will become infected.
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