A 70 year- old patient’s skin assessment is being performed by a wound care nurse. There is an intact dry eschar to his left foot. The nurse knows that the dry eschar can safely be debrided to facilitate wound healing because of the following: (Choose the BEST answer) a. Patient is non-ambulatory and eschar to heel is not infected. b. The dry eschar should be removed because of patient’s age and fragile skin. c. Patient has a goal of comfort. d. Patient has good perfusion and is ambulatory.
