The Skin: The Integumentary System

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The skin is part of the integumentary system; it is the largest organ of the body. The skin helps regulate body temperature, permits the sensations of touch, and protects the body from external infection. (Lewis, Dirksen, Heitkemper, & Bucher, 2014). Overtime mostly with bed bound patients the skin develops injuries due to prolonged pressure on the bony surface of the body and this is called pressure ulcer. A Pressure ulcer is a “localized injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue (usually over a bony prominence) as a result of pressure or pressure in combination with shear and/ or friction.” (Lewis, et al., 2014, p. 184).
Pressure ulcer is mostly developed in the coccyx, buttocks, ankles, hips and heels. Pressure ulcers staging is a wound

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