The nurse caring for a client receiving wet-to-dry dressings for mechanical debridement of a large wound would be aware that proper technique requires that the dressing should
A) be left in place about 12 hours.
B) be removed when it is totally dry.
C) cause slight bleeding when removed to be effective.
D) only be moist, not wet, when applied.

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Mechanical debridement can be accomplished by the use of wet-to-dry dressings. A moist (not wet) dressing is positioned in the wound and held in place by an outer dressing or gauze wrap. As the dressing is removed it provides nonselective debridement. The dressing should only be left in place long enough for it to begin to dry (4-6 hours). Bleeding would indicate removal of granulation tissue.

The Nurse Caring for a Client Receiving Wet-To-Dry Dressings for Mechanical