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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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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