Title: Describe the staging of pressure sores.
Course: Nurse Aide (14051) > Section: Unit VIII: Personal Care Skills

Description should include

- stage 1 – skin intact, but red, blue, or gray non-blanchable
- stage 2 – looks like clear, fluid-filled blister or shallow crater; epidermis cracks or peels away
- stage 3 – looks like a deep crater; drainage is present; necrotic tissue may be visible
- stage 4 – crater extends down to the muscle or bone.