The patient presents to the industrial nurse after an accident on the factory floor, which amputated three toes. Effective nursing intervention for the amputated toes would be:
1. rinsing with normal saline and placing on a sterile towel.
2. placing toes as they are on ice in a sterile container.
3. placing the unwrapped toes in a saline bath.
4. placing the saline-wrapped toes in a plastic bag in a saline bath.
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The toes should be wrapped in saline dressing and placed in an airtight bag in a cool saline bath. The toes should not be in direct contact with ice or be placed in the freezer.
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