How does caitlin determine which advice to follow

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Case: Caitlin's first placement as a new graduate is a busy surgical ward where there are many patients with sounds. On the evening shift, she is instructed by the senior registered nurse to use a particular dressing for a patient's wound. The following morning, working with another registered nurse, Caitlin us given advice to use a different dressing for the same wound. It concerns her that the advice being given is not consistent. In her undergraduate program, she remembers being told that variability in practice is usually not effective. She is uncomfortable about questioning either of these very experienced registered nurses. Reflective questions:

Question 1. How does Caitlin determine which advice to follow?

Question 2. What objective sources of information might be available to her on the ward?

Question 3. Consider how she might approach the two registered nurses to resolve this issue without causing offence.

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