This problem is not caused by insects or disease but is a way the plant reduces water loss from its leaves during cold, dry, windy weather. Plants should recover when the weather warms again. Table 1.
Purpose: To reduce the number of health careâacquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) in patients in the cardiac surgery intensive care unit (CVICU) and to develop nursing processes to prevent HAPUs, thus reducing morbidity, mortality, and cost.
Pressure ulcers are classified according to the extent of tissue damage per the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel: 1  Stage l: Skin is intact with an area of nonblanching erythema. This is usually over a bony prominence. 2  Stage ll: Partial-thickness skin loss with loss of the epidermis and some of the dermis. It appears as a shallow ulcer with a red-pink color. No slough or necrotic tissue is present in the base.