The wound care nurse visits a patient in the long-term care unit.The nurse is monitoring a patient with a stage III pressure ulcer.The wound seems to be healing,and healthy tissue is observed.How would the nurse stage this ulcer?

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When a pressure ulcer has been staged and is beginning to heal,the ulcer keeps the same stage and is labeled with the words "healing stage." Once an ulcer has been staged,the stage endures even as the ulcer heals.This ulcer was labeled a stage III,it cannot return to a previous stage such as stage I or II.This ulcer is healing,so it is no longer labeled a stage III.

The Wound Care Nurse Visits a Patient in the Long-Term