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COMING UP: WOUND ASSESSMENT What action is required if a resident is admitted with a PU or, despite your best efforts, develops one? Step 3 discusses procedures for completing an important assessment that is often left incomplete in nursing homes: PU evaluation. Data from this evaluation helps guide interventions, provides a basis for later comparison to evaluate healing, and helps predict time to healing. Click here to go on to Step 3, "Pressure Ulcer Assessment." Click here for your assignment. Click here to view the references. (prev | next)

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