Which nursing action will be included when the nurse is doing a wet-to-dry dressing change for a patient's Stage III sacrel pressure ulcer:
a) Administer the ordered PRN oral opiod 30 min before the dressing change
b) Soak the old dressing with sterile saline a few minutes before removing them
Ans: a) Administer the ordered PRN oral opiod 30 min before the dressing change
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