Albert Janson,a 325-pound patient,is scheduled for a 6-hour abdominal surgery.While assessing Mr.Jennings in the preoperative holding area,the perioperative nurse is concerned about the risk for pressure injury because of the weight of the patient's body pressing against the surface of the OR bed for a long surgery.Which of these other factors may also produce pressure?

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Pressure is the force placed on underlying tissue.Pressure can occur from the weight of the body as gravity presses it downward toward the surface of the bed.Pressure also results from the weight of equipment resting on or against the patient,such as drills,Mayo stands,surgical instruments,rigid edges of the OR bed or its attachments,or vertical posts for self-retaining retractors.

Albert Janson,a 325-Pound Patient,is Scheduled for a 6-Hour Abdominal Surgery