WHAT IS MY NAME?.

I am nonblanchable.

Not blanchable .

I am intact, red and over a bony prominence.

Partial thickness skin loss.

So what is my name?.

I have loss my Dermis.(stage 11)

Full thickness skin loss.

But my bone is not exposed. (Stage 111)

I am localized injury over a bony prominence .

So what is my name.

Full Thickness skin loss.

Tissue loss with exposed bone,(stage 1V)

tendon or muscle.Slough or eschar present.

So what is my name?.

Including tunneling or undermining.

My depth remains unknown.

That is unstageable,base unexposed.

Covered with sloughs.

( yellow, tan,grey or brown)

Purple or maroon localized area of ,

My depth unknown that is

suspected deep tissue injury.

Discolored intact skin or blood filled blister

Related to the damage from the tissues

beneath a pressure.

So what is my name?.

My name is:

” Pressure Ulcer Staging Classification”.

Published by edochie99

A Registered Nurse with over twenty years of hospital experience, an author with Masters Degree in Nursing,also Bachelor Degree in Nursing,graduated in 1996 from USC,University of Southern California.MSN in 2009 University of Phoenix.

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