The nurse decides to use a wet-to-dry gauze dressing on a client's wound. The primary purpose of this type of dressing is:
1. Protect the wound.
2. Debride the wound.
3. Keep the wound continually moist.
4. Dilute viscous exudate.
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Rationale: A dry-to-dry dressing is used primarily to protect the wound.
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