A nurse is completing a skin assessment on a 88 year old patient who experienced a severe stroke, resulting in left side flaccidity. Which skin condition would provide the greatest concern?

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The patient who has experienced a stroke is not able to move as they normally would. The skin condition that would provide the greatest concern to the nurse would be the red spot on the coccyx, a precursor to a pressure ulcer.

A Nurse Is Completing a Skin Assessment on a 88