The nurse is staffing a medical-surgical unit that is assigned most of the patients with pressure ulcers.The nurse has become competent in the care of pressure wounds and recognizes that a staged pressure ulcer that does not require a dressing is stage

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Stage I intact pressure ulcers that resolve slowly without epidermal loss over 7 to 14 days do not require a dressing.This allows visual inspection and monitoring.A transparent dressing could be used to protect the patient from shear but cannot be used in the presence of excessive moisture.A composite film,hydrocolloid,or hydrogel can be utilized on a clean stage II.A hydrocolloid,hydrogel covered with foam,calcium alginate,gauze,and growth factors can be utilized with a clean stage III.Hydrogel,calcium alginate,gauze,and growth factors can be utilized with a clean stage IV.An unstageable wound cover with eschar should utilize a dressing of adherent film or gauze with an ordered solution of enzymes.In rare cases when eschar is dry and intact,no dressing is used,but this is an unstaged ulcer.

The Nurse Is Staffing a Medical-Surgical Unit That Is Assigned