The nurse must irrigate a gaping abdominal incision with sterile normal saline, using a piston syringe. How should the nurse proceed?Moisten the area around the wound with normal saline after the irrigation.Apply a wet-to-dry dressing to the wound after the irrigation.Rapidly instill a stream of irrigating solution into the wound.Irrigate continuously until the solution becomes clear or all of the solution has been used.
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