Basic Care & ComfortQuestion 74 of 120
A nurse is caring for a client with a stage 2 pressure injury. Which description matches this stage?
a.Intact skin with nonblanchable redness
b.Partial-thickness loss of the dermis presenting as a shallow open ulcer
c.Full-thickness loss with exposed bone
d.Skin loss covered entirely by eschar
Explanation
A stage 2 pressure injury is partial-thickness skin loss involving the dermis, appearing as a shallow open ulcer or blister. Nonblanchable redness is stage 1 and exposed bone is stage 4.
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