A nurse's assessment reveals an area of erythema on an immobilized patient's sacrum. What is the initial nursing action?
a. Apply a wet-to-dry dressing.
b. Massage the reddened area.
c. Reposition the patient.
d. Rub the area with alcohol.
C
The first intervention is to reposition the patient with follow-up to ensure that the patient is repo-sitioned often.
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