Option B is correct here. When performing dressing changes on a client with a diabetic foot ulcer, the nurse must make sure that they are using the sterile technique during the dressing change.
Diabetics can often have issues with circulation and can sometimes even require having their legs amputated if the tissue begins to die too much to save their legs.
Since these clients can experience numbness in their legs, they can develop sores that do not heal very well and have a very high risk of infection. This is why it is important to use a sterile technique.
1. using the sterile technique during the dressing change-rationale: the nurse should perform the dressing changes using sterile technique to prevent infection. applying heat should be avoided in a client with diabetes mellitus because of the risk of injury. cleaning the wound with povidone-iodine solution and debriding the wound with each dressing change prevents the development of granulation tissue, which is essential in the wound healing process. The client needs category: physiological integrity client needs subcategory: basic care and comfort cognitive level: analysis reference: Smeltzer, s.c., et al. Brunner and Suddarth's textbook of medical surgical-nursing, 11th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008, p. 1432.
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