Abruzzese Scale
Carlos Cano Herrera2025-01-31T14:17:26-08:00The Abruzzese Scale is based on the Norton and Gosnell scales. Domains measured include: 1) General Health 2) Mental Status 3) Activity 4) Mobility 5) Continence 6) Nutrition [...]
The Abruzzese Scale is based on the Norton and Gosnell scales. Domains measured include: 1) General Health 2) Mental Status 3) Activity 4) Mobility 5) Continence 6) Nutrition [...]
An assessment tool for determining a patient’s risk level for incurring skin breakdown. It has been tested in both acute care and long-term-care settings. Items were developed [...]
Developed to identify individuals living in extended care and over the age of 65 who were at risk for developing a pressure ulcer Patients are evaluated on five [...]
The Norton Pressure Ulcer Risk Scale was the first pressure ulcer risk assessment developed and was intended for use with a geriatric hospital population. It is a clinician-administered [...]
The Skin Management Needs Assessment Checklist (SMNAC) is a self-report subscale extracted from the Needs Assessment Checklist (NAC) The SMNAC is developed to be a post discharge measure [...]
Developed as a measure of the risk for pressure ulcer development for individuals with SCI during the acute phase of injury (within 30 days of admission) Items for [...]
Developed as a measure of the risk for pressure ulcer development for individuals with SCI who are in a rehabilitation centre Items for the scale were identified based [...]
Used to describe the severity of pressure ulcers Derived from previously published UK scales developed by a consensus panel of national tissue viability experts This observational scale has [...]
Used to assess the risk for pressure ulcer development Created to provide better sensitivity and specificity than the Norton by increasing the number of items used Every patient [...]
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