Pressure Injury Prevention

Assess pressure injury risk, stage findings accurately, and choose prevention and treatment strategies with confidence.

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What this track covers

This track covers pressure injury risk assessment, current staging (including unstageable and deep tissue injury), and prevention bundles spanning repositioning, nutrition, skin care, and support surface selection. It also addresses stage-appropriate treatment and how teams track and improve outcomes.

What you will practice

Apply a validated risk assessment tool and interpret the score
Differentiate stages, including unstageable and deep tissue injury
Build a repositioning and skin care prevention bundle for a high-risk patient
Match support surface choice to patient risk factors
Select stage-appropriate wound care and monitor healing progress

Simulator scenario

A bed-bound older adult with declining mobility and poor nutrition intake presents with a sacral skin change, requiring the clinician to assess risk, stage the finding, and initiate a prevention and treatment plan.

Board question topics

Staging distinctions and common documentation errors
Risk assessment tool interpretation
Support surface selection criteria
Prevention bundle components and rationale

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