Pressure ulcer risk assessment in patients with darkly pigmented skin.
Traditionally, nurses have been taught to look for areas of skin redness as the first signs of pressure damage to a patient's skin. However, in patients with black skin many early signs of damage may not be so visible. This paper describes the holistic approach nurses should take to assessing a person with darkly pigmented skin for pressure damage.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds.
Elizabeth
E
Scanlon
Nikki
N
Stubbs
D044383:Black People; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012880:Skin Pigmentation