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The nurse teaches a patient to apply an emollient to healing burn wounds several times a day. Which rationale should the nurse offer for this instruction? (Select all that apply.)
1. "This will help keep your skin moist."
2. "You do not have as many sebaceous glands as you did before the injury."
3. "If you use this lotion, you will not need soap, which can be drying."
4. "Emollients will protect your skin from shearing pressures while you are in bed."
5. "This lotion will protect your skin from the sun."

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