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Under the supervision of the registered nurse, a student nurse is changing the dressing of a 49-year-old woman with a newly inserted peritoneal dialysis catheter. Which of the following activities, if performed by the student nurse after removal of the old dressing, would require an intervention by the registered nurse?
Correct answer
C
Rationale
should clean from insertion site outward toward outer abdomen