Braden Scale
Tyra Chu2023-07-26T22:25:09-07:00An 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 [...]
Gosnell Measure
Tyra Chu2022-07-25T10:38:16-07:00Developed 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 [...]
Skin Management Needs Assessment Checklist (SMNAC)
Tyra Chu2022-07-25T10:42:16-07:00The 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 [...]
Spinal Cord Injury Pressure Ulcer Scale – Acute (SCIPUS-A)
Tyra Chu2022-07-25T10:49:09-07:00Developed 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 [...]
Spinal Cord Injury Pressure Ulcer Scale (SCIPUS)
Tyra Chu2022-07-25T10:58:05-07:00Developed 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 [...]
Stirling’s Pressure Ulcer Severity Scale
Tyra Chu2022-07-25T11:02:39-07:00Used 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 [...]
Waterlow Pressure Ulcer Scale
Tyra Chu2022-07-25T11:08:03-07:00Used 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 [...]
