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The Skin -:- The largest organ system Comprises 10-15% of body weight receives 1/3 of circulating blood volume Primary functions: protective barrier, water balance, body temperature control. Pressure Injury -:- A localized injury to the skin that usually occurs over a bony prominence...

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CCRN – Integumentary Questions and
Correct Answers | Latest Update
The Skin


✓ -:- The largest organ system

✓ Comprises 10-15% of body weight

✓ receives 1/3 of circulating blood volume

✓ Primary functions: protective barrier, water balance, body temperature

control.




Pressure Injury


✓ -:- A localized injury to the skin that usually occurs over a bony

prominence due to pressure and/or shear.




Common areas are sacrum, and in young children the occiput of the head.




Pressure Injury: Risk Factors


✓ -:- Pressure intensity and duration

Shearing force


Immobility
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Excessive moisture (incontinence)


Inadequate nutrition


Devices


Skin failure (hypo perfusion)




Shearing force


✓ -:- The pressure that's exerted on the skin when the surface layer

adheres to the bedding but the deeper skin moves in the direction of the

body.




Skin Failure


✓ -:- Hypoperfusion of the skin due to shunting of blood to other vital

organs. It is associated with hemodynamic changes, impaired

thermoregulatory control, and metabolic complications.




Pressure Injury: Stage 1


✓ -:- Non-blanchable erythema




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