A patient has been admitted to a hospital after the staff in the nursing home noticed a pressure ulcer in the patient’s sacral area. The nurse examines the pressure ulcer and determines that it is a stage II ulcer. Which of these findings are characteristic of a stage II pressure ulcer? (Select all that apply.)Intact skin appears red but is not broken.Ulcer extends into the subcutaneous tissue.Patches of eschar cover parts of the wound.Localized redness in light skin will blanch with fingertip pressure.Open blister areas have a red-pink wound bed.Partial thickness skin erosion is observed with a loss of epidermis or dermis.
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