A client’s wound is not healing and appears to be worsening with the current treatment. The nurse first considers:

Calling the wound care nurse

Calling in the wound care nurse as a consultant is appropriate because he or she is a specialist in the area of wound management. Professional and competent nurses recognize limitations and seek appropriate consultation. Option A may be appropriate after deciding on a plan of action with the wound care nurse specialist. The nurse may need to obtain orders for special wound care products. Option C is possible unless the nurse is knowledgeable in wound management. this could delay wound healing. Also. the current wound management plan could have been ordered by the physician. As for Option D. another nurse most likely will not be knowledgeable about wounds. and the primary nurse would know the history of the wound management plan.