A 25-year-old man is admitted to the medical-surgical unit where you work to manage his stage 3 sacral pressure injury. The patient had a spinal cord injury 2 years ago that resulted in paraplegia. He had extensive inpatient rehabilitation for the first several months post injury; however, for the past several months he has been living in his own apartment and able to maintain an at-home job as a data analyst. He has not had pressure injuries prior to this and is uncertain how the injuries happened and how to prevent recurrence. a) What resources might be available to help him effectively manage his own care so that he avoids recurrent pressure injury?
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