Chapter 34 Flashcards
Bed fast
Confined to the bed
Avoidable pressure ulcer
A pressure all Serb that develops from the improper use of nursing process
Bony prominence
An area where the bone sticks out or projects from the flat surface of the body
Chair fast
Confined to a chair
Colonized
The presence of bacteria on the wound surface or in wound tissue
Epidermal stripping
Removing the epidermis as tape is removed from the skin
Eschar
Sick Weatherly dead tissue that many of you lose or adhered to the skin
Friction
The rubbing of one surface against another
Pressure all Serb
A localized injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue usually over a bony prominence resulting from pressure your pressure in combination with sheer and or friction an illusion caused by an relieve pressure that results in damage the underlying tissues
Sheer
When layers of the skin rub against each other when the skin remains in place an underlying tissues move and stretch and tear underline capillaries and blood vessels causing tissue damage
Slough
Dead tissue that shed from the skin
unavoidable pressure ulcer
A pressure also that occurs despite efforts to prevent one through proper use of nursin