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.
Most importantly, the physician should determine the stage of each ulcer (Figures 1 through 4). Table 2 presents the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel's staging system for pressure ulcers.16 In a person with dark skin pigmentation, a stage I ulcer may appear as a persistent red, blue, or purple discoloration.