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A nurse is caring for a patient in the ICU who is recovering from coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Over the course of the next few days, the nurse will be responsible for changing a dressing over the surgical incision site, having the patient change positions in bed, assisting with tracheal suctioning, and assisting with drain removal. The nurse should anticipate that the patient will most likely perceive pain resulting from these procedures in which order, from least painful to most?
A) Changing the dressing, position change in bed, tracheal suctioning, drain removal
B) Position change in bed, changing the dressing, drain removal, tracheal suctioning
C) Drain removal, tracheal suctioning, position change in bed, changing the dressing
D) Tracheal suctioning, position change in bed, changing the dressing, drain removal
