title: Nurse validation of pressure ulcer risk factors for a nursing diagnosis.
abstract: The nursing diagnosis "Potential Impaired Skin Integrity: Pressure Ulcer" provides a model for determining pressure ulcer risk. This article describes assessment parameters and risk factors that may be useful in the assessment of pressure ulcer risk. Results of a diagnostic content validity study of this diagnosis conducted by the author (Sparks, 1990) are presented.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sparks
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009736:Nursing Process; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D012307:Risk Factors