You are the nurse caring for a patient who has paraplegia following a hunting accident. You know to assess regularly for the development of pressure ulcers on this patient. What rationale would you cite for this nursing action?

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The development of pressure ulcers is directly related to the duration of immobility: If pressure continues long enough, small vessel thrombosis and tissue necrosis occur, and a pressure ulcer results. The cause of the immobility is not what is important in the development of a pressure ulcer; the duration
of the immobility is what matters. Paraplegia does not result in a decreased level of consciousness and there is no reason to believe that the patient does not want to prevent pressure ulcers.

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