The nurse has applied an occlusive dressing to a stage 1 pressure injury and knows that this type of dressing assists in debridement of the wound in which way?
A)It mechanically debrides the wound.
B)Enzymes are applied to the wound to remove necrotic tissue.
C)The dressing maintains a moist environment that uses the body's own enzymes.
D)The dressing dries the injury environment,which encourages sloughing of the injured tissue.

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Occlusive dressings help maintain a moist wound environment, which facilitates the body's natural enzymatic processes to debride the wound.

The Nurse Has Applied an Occlusive Dressing to a Stage