A hospital's wound nurse consultant made a recommendation for nurses on the unit about how to care for the patient's dressing changes. Which action should the nurses take next?
a. Include dressing change instructions and frequency in the care plan.
b. Assume that the wound nurse will perform all dressing changes.
c. Request that the health care provider look at the wound.
d. Encourage the patient to perform the dressing changes.
ANS: A
Incorporate the consultant's recommendations into the care plan. The wound nurse clearly recommends that nurses on the unit, not the patient, should continue dressing changes. The nurses should not make a wrong assumption that the wound nurse is doing all the dressing changes. The recommendation states for the nurses to do the dressing changes. If the nurses feel strongly about obtaining another opinion, then the health care provider should be contacted. No evidence in the question suggests that the patient needs a second opinion.
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