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Mika is a nursing assistant who is asked to dress a patient's wound. She gives the patient a numbing medication
and immediately starts to remove the dressing. She puts the dressing out of view of the patient and makes sure she
pulls the tape toward the wound. Mika places a new dressing on by touching only the outer edge. She then records
observations. What error did she make in wound care safety?
She needs to make sure the pain medication was working.
She should pull the tape away from the wound.
She needs to put pressure on the middle of the new dressing.
She should only record observations if there is a problem.

Answer 1

The error was she needed to make sure the pain meds were working

Step-by-step explanation:

Just imagine a doctor gives you a pain med and doesn't test it before they chop off your limb. Self explanatory